Harkless v. Brunner

How courts have described this case

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• holding the statewide director of a social services agency responsible for implementing the statute even though “local authorities have the independent responsibility to comply with the NVRA” as well
• expressing concern that the state could escape 13 Case: 13-30185 Document: 00512827353 Page: 14 Date Filed: 11/05/2014 No. 13-30185 responsibility for NVRA violations if the chief elections officer lacked enforcement power
• “[T]he entire Act ... speaks in terms of state responsibilities; what is noticeably missing is any mention of county, municipal, or other local authorities.”
• “[T]he entire Act . . . speaks in terms of state responsibilities; what is noticeably missing is any mention of county, municipal, or other local authorities.”
• Director cannot avoid responsibility for implementation of NVRA because certain tasks were delegated to other departments
• The rule “that Congress must be explicit when it encroaches in areas traditionally within a state’s core governmental functions [] does not apply when Congress acts under the Elections Clause, as it did in enacting the NVRA.”

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