Correct, he he follows through with his threat then he will lose when it goes to court.
So all he has to do is delay his action until right before the election, so the court can't react in time and its decision ends up coming after the election is over. At that point, because America as proven time and again that it won't redo an election no matter how flagrantly election laws are broken, it won't matter and he'll have gotten away with it.
Us: We think about you all the time!
Corporations: Funny, because we don't think of you ever.