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I am really unclear what role the federal supreme court can actually play here.

From my understanding, the U.S. federal election is actually 50 separate state elections (plus the District of Colombia). Can the federal supreme court actually override state supreme courts?

When Gore lost Florida, it was the state supreme court that nixed the recount. There was some talk at the time that he could take it to a higher level, but he didn't because the process would be too damaging and had a low chance of success anyway.