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Zdanoka v. Latvia
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into the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics;
(3) to restore the legal effect of the Constitution [Satversme] of the Republic of
Latvia, adopted on 15 February
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Regional Jurisprudence
- Violation of an International Treaty
- Language
- English
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Yumak & Sadak v. Turkey
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are the most widely used in Europe.
By way of example, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Legal Frameworks
- Regional Jurisprudence
- Language
- English
- French
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Wong Souk Yee v. Attorney General
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
[2019] SGCA 25
Civil Appeal No 73 of 2018
Between
WONG SOUK YEE
… Appellant
And
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
… Respondent
- Question Presented
- Whether the Prime Minister had a duty to fill the vacancy in a Group Representation Constituency.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Integrity
- EMB Independence
- Country
- Singapore
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Apr 10, 2019
Judgment
When Are Elections Good Enough? Validating or Annulling Election Results
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546 (46.2 percent) polling stations
during the national audit. EU EAT, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Final Report Presidential Election, 42 (2014),
http://www.eueom.eu/files/dmfil
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Annulments
- Language
- English
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When Are Elections Good Enough? Validating or Annulling Election Results
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546 (46.2 percent) polling stations
during the national audit. EU EAT, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Final Report Presidential Election, 42 (2014),
http://www.eueom.eu/files/dmfil
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Annulments
- Language
- English
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Unfair Advantage: The Abuse of State Resources in Elections
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European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM), Final Report: Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka, Parliamentary Elections 18-19 (2015).
49
See Transparency Int’l,
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Language
- English
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The Right to Participate in the Government of One's Country in the Context of an Election Held During a Public Health Emergency or a Pandemic, Such as the COVID-19 Crisis, No. 001/2020, Advisory Opinion, African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights [Afr. Ct. H.P.R.] (July 16, 2021).
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The Author states that it is an African organisation based in Arusha, United
Republic of Tanzania. It further states that it is recognised by the African Union
(hereinafter
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- COVID-19 (Postponement and Accessibility)
- Language
- English
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Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott
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vote by
mail.
Otherwise, according to the district court, “our democracy and the
Republic would be lost and government of the people, by the people and for the
people
- Question Presented
- Whether the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a disability under Texas law sufficient to modify the vote-by-mail system.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Health Concerns & Election Administration
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 4, 2020
Judgment
Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania
Procedural history
The National Assembly of the United Republic of Tanzania passed a law requiring all candidates for Presidential
- Question Presented
- Whether the Tanzania regulation prohibiting independent candidates from seeking public office is unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Tanzania. United Republic of
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 14, 2019
Judgment
Tanase v. Moldova
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Socialist Republic (changed to the Soviet
Socialist Republic of Moldova in 1990). The remaining territory of
Bessarabia became part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Those
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Accessibility
- Regional Jurisprudence
- Violation of an International Treaty
- Language
- English
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Tan Chen Bock v. Attorney General
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
[2017] SGCA 50
Civil Appeal No 124 of 2017
Between
TAN CHENG BOCK
… Appellant
And
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
… Respondent
- Question Presented
- Whether the reserved election clause solely permits choosing from the terms of office of Presidents elected by the citizens, or also includes those chosen by Parliament.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Singapore
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Aug 23, 2017
Judgment
SUP RAP 0173 2018
Question Presented
the registration of Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez as an independent candidate to the Presidency of the Republic
- Question Presented
- The TEPJF instructs the INE to issue a new resolution on the registration of Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez as an independent candidate to the Presidency of the Republic.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Apr 9, 2018
Judgment
Sitaropoulos v. Greece
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the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, the Republic of Moldova, Norway,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, “the former Yugoslav Republic of
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Accessibility
- Regional Jurisprudence
- Language
- English
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Shura Council Speaker's request for constitutional review of the drafted law.
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of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
The Arab Republic of Egypt
The Presidency of the Republic
Official Gazette
Price: EGP 3
Issue No. 7
(bis)
Issued
- Question Presented
- Whether the proposed provisions are constitutional.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 13, 2013
Judgment
Shura Council Speaker request for constitutional review of the draft law regulating the exercise of political rights.
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of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
The Arab Republic of Egypt
The Presidency of the Republic
Official Gazette
Price: EGP 3
Issue No.
21 bis (a)
Issued
- Question Presented
- Whether the draft law adheres to the current constitutional political protections.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Accessibility
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 26, 2013
Judgment
Self Determination Movement v. CEP
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Republic of Kosovo
Republika e Kosoves-Republika Kosova
Paneli Zgjedhor për Ankesa dhe Parashtresa
Izborni Panel za Zalbe I Predstavke
Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel
A.no.
- Question Presented
- Whether the plaintiff sufficiently alleged that the irregularities in voting warranted renumbering the ballots.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2019
Judgment
Scrutiny in Electoral Disputes: A Kenyan Judicial Perspective
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computation and declared Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta as the
duly elected President of the Republic of Kenya.
While taking or not taking into consideration the rejected votes
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
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Sandhu v. Election Commission of Pakistan
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Petition No. 38790 of 2015) under Article 199 of the Constitution of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan (“the Constitution”). The learned Judge of
the High Court dismissed the
- Question Presented
- Whether a repoll is necessary due to an intervening crime.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Integrity
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Pakistan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 31, 2018
Judgment
Samuel v. Chief Electoral Officer et al.
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1 2018
IN THE HIGH COURT
OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
MUDGE SAMUEL,
Appellant Samuel,
V.
·)
)
)
)
REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
CNIL ACTION NO
- Question Presented
- (1) Whether Chief Electoral Officer (“CEO”) erred in rejecting a candidate’s request for a re-count due to a close mayoral race with 3,25% of vote difference and alleged violations? (2) Whether the refusal to add a name of a voter to the voter registry beyond the deadline for voter registration can be raised as a class action to protect the rights of voters?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- EMB Operation
- Country
- Marshall Islands
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Aug 31, 2018
Judgment
Samadbayli v. Azerbaijan
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37661/11, 37740/11, 37866/11, 38636/11, 38885/11, 41066/11, 42345/11
and 42360/11) against the Republic of Azerbaijan lodged with the Court
under Article 34 of the Convention for the
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Regional Jurisprudence
- Language
- English
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Rucho v. Common Cause
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the body politic.” G. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early
Republic, 1789–1815, p. 140 (2009).
10
RUCHO v. COMMON CAUSE
KAGAN, J., dissenting
- Question Presented
- Whether partisan issues such as gerrymandering are justiciable by the court.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 27, 2019
Judgment
Rind v. Balochistan
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the qualifications
laid down under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of
Pakistan, 1973 (“Constitution”). The basis of this finding is that in the
general
- Question Presented
- Whether failure to disclose education was grounds for disqualifying the petitioner as a candidate.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Pakistan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 19, 2018
Judgment
Review of the Constitutionality of Section Five of the Riigikogu Election Act
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3-4-1-3-17
SUPREME COURT
CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW CHAMBER
JUDGMENT
in the name of the Republic of Estonia
Case number
3-4-1-3-17
Date of judgment
18 May 2017
Composition of
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 18, 2017
Judgment
Resolução nº 22.610, de 25 de outubro de 2007
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CAPUTO BASTOS – Ministro MARCELO RIBEIRO
__________
Publicada no DJ de 30.10.2007 e republicada no DJ de 27.3.2008.
Tags
#Código Eleitoral
#Legislação eleitoral
#Publicação eletrônica
- Question Presented
- Whether elected officials crossing party lines after ascertaining political office violates Brazil's electoral code?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Party Registration
- Country
- Brazil
- Language of Decision
- Portuguese
- Date of decision
- Oct 25, 2007
Judgment
Ramos Rojas v. Sanabria Chacón
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is not valid because it “‘enshrin[es] provisions contrary to the Constitution and the laws of the Republic
- Question Presented
- Whether a political party’s internal rules on candidacy criteria relating to nepotism may nullify an election of one of its registered candidates if he violated the party rules but otherwise met the eligibility criteria set up in the Constitution or statutes.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Dec 3, 2020
Judgment
Raatsin for the Declaration of Invalidity of the Voting Results of the Riigikogu Elections of 2011
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The Republic of Estonia as a Contracting State must also take that judgment into account.
About his right to appeal T. Raatsin noted that since in the Republic of
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Electronic Voting
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 23, 2011
Judgment
Presidential Petition on Local Government Council Election Act Amendment
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which the President of the Republic had refused to promulgate, with amendments. Proceeding from the
petition of the President of the Republic the Riigikogu decided to amend
- Question Presented
- Is the Local Government Council Election Act Amendment unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electronic Voting
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 1, 2005
Judgment
PDK v. Central Election Commission
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Republic of Kosovo
Republika e Kosovës-Republika Kosova
Paneli Zgjedhor për Ankesa dhe Parashtresa
Izborni Panel za Zalbe i Predstavke
Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel
A.no.
- Question Presented
- Whether the technical omission from the Kosovo ballots warrants a recount prior to the final election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 18, 2019
Judgment
Party of Kosovo Serbs v. Serbian List
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Republic of Kosovo
Republika e Kosovës-Republika Kosova
Paneli Zgjedhor për Ankesa dhe Parashtresa
Izborni Panel za Zalbe i Predstavke
Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel
A.no.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Technology
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2019
Judgment
Pacolli v. Central Election Commission
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Republic of Kosovo
Republika e Kosovës-Republika Kosova
Paneli Zgjedhor për Ankesa dhe Parashtresa
Izborni Panel za Zalbe i Predstavke
Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel
A.no.
- Question Presented
- Whether the court may hear the merits of a complaint on the voting counts are most polling stations.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2019
Judgment