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Doesn't matter: there's no one to enforce the judge's ruling and no penalty for refusing, so anyone who does decide not to certify an election faces...sternly worded letter? lawsuit? contempt of court if that goes against them?
As we saw through Trump's first term, laws only work if there are penalties, and penalties only work if there is someone to enforce them.
Contempt and jail. For low-level officials it happens. See Kim Davis, the clerk that refused to issue a marriage certificate for a gay marriage.
That took 2 months. She served 4 days while deputies were empowered by another court case to do her job and right-wing nutjobs paid her bills. Then she met the Pope.
A Georgia election official who gums up the works for two months to give cover to a Trump victory is getting a big promotion.
And can ride the grift train for at least a season, and since this is election denial related, every 2 years at the least.
These dicks will sell out our democracy for a ticket on that train in a heartbeat
Seems to me there has been many sponsored or wealthy who don’t mind getting a slap on the wrist, or suffer jail time after years of court. It seems to be a great way to advance careers and influence.
I’ve yet to see a regular person flouting such rules.
The system may be broken
That's the system working exactly as designed unfortunately.
Challenge accepted.