If all the other counties go along with Maricopa’s continued criminal activity then you will never have another honest election in Arizona. The governor and the republican legislature seem to be perfectly content to look like fools to the rest of the country and content to have elections to be stolen time and again in one or two counties and that is their right to look like eunuchs.
However, the Democrats will take note of the failed Republican response through two election cycles. Those Republican legislators had best be looking for new jobs because their seats are going to be switching to D’s if I know my Democrats nature and proclivity to cheat. And why not, who’s going to call them on it???
The job of the election people in each county is their county. If their county met the requirements to certify, their job is to certify their county. If it meets the requirements and they fail to certify, they have likely committed mis and malfeasance and possibly other crimes. Their role is in their county. Not Maricopa.