...yeah, that strikes me as a "hopeful thing to buy time while we find other methods to keep this thing going." The thing is, the rest of the world already knew there was grift, that would have SCREAMED "hey, we're STEALING this election now," and there would have been uncomfortable conversations in government centers everywhere about what to do about it, if anything could in fact be done to minimize the damage to everyone else...
"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor