the electoral college didn't even decide things and the Supreme Court came in to pick the winner of the election

SCOTUS deciding to stop the count only mattered because the state was Winner Take All.

that's not even getting into how governor rigged the Florida results for his brother

Florida was only the most glaring example. Ohio, Arizona, Georgia, Gore's own home state of Tennessee... There was ratfucking everywhere. But, just like with Nixon in '60, it wasn't just a Republican problem. Gore wasn't willing to open up the can of worms that encompasses how the vote gets counted.