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Sinnott v. Minister for the Environment
- Question Presented
- Whether the plaintiff's inability to cast a secret ballot based on his visual impairment violated his right to vote.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Ireland
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 30, 2017
Judgment
Yushchenko vs CEC
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Ukraine
- Language of Decision
- Ukrainian
- Date of decision
- Dec 3, 2004
Judgment
In re the Icelandic Presidential Election of 2012
- Question Presented
- Whether the inability of disabled voters to cast secret ballots is sufficient grounds for annulling election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Accessibility
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Iceland
- Language of Decision
- Icelandic
- Date of decision
- Jun 6, 2012
Judgment
In re 2016 Election of President of Iceland
- Question Presented
- Whether the prohibition of voters from signing support petitions for multiple candidates conflicts with Act. No. 36. 1945. Whether the plaintiff has a cause of action before elections take place.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Civil Procedure
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Iceland
- Language of Decision
- Icelandic
- Date of decision
- Jun 15, 2016
Judgment
Presidential Petition on Local Government Council Election Act Amendment
- Question Presented
- Is the Local Government Council Election Act Amendment unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electronic Voting
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 1, 2005
Judgment
EVMs in 2005 German Elections
- Question Presented
- Was the use of EVMs in the elections erroneous and unconstitutional enough to annul the elections?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electronic Voting
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 3, 2009
Judgment
K., B., & S. v. Government Council
- Question Presented
- Whether a voter is deprived of their right to vote if they vote for a candidate that has orally withdrawn from the race, but that withdraw is not recognized by the Governor and the candidate’s name appears on the ballot?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Switzerland
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Feb 11, 1987
Judgment
Hvit Election Alliance v. Attorney General
- Question Presented
- Whether a discriminatory election alliance member's criminal conviction violates domestic law and the ECHR?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Party Registration
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Norway
- Language of Decision
- Norwegian
- Date of decision
- Nov 28, 1997
Judgment
In re Sixty-two deputies of the Group Popular Parliamentary of Congress
- Question Presented
- Whether Spain's gender quotas violate the Spanish Constitution (art. 3.7, 20.4-7)
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Spain
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Feb 13, 2009
Judgment
Polluaas for Annulment of Electronic Votes Cast in the Riigikogu Elections 2011
- Legal Issue(s)
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 23, 2011
Judgment
Raatsin for the Declaration of Invalidity of the Voting Results of the Riigikogu Elections of 2011
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Electronic Voting
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 23, 2011
Judgment
Chester v. Secretary of State for Justice
- Legal Issue(s)
- Judicial Independence
- Voter Registration
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 16, 2013
Judgment
In re Constituent Assembly Elections of 2011
- Question Presented
- Whether the right to secrecy was violated in the 2011 election sufficient to annul the election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Iceland
- Language of Decision
- Icelandic
- Date of decision
- Jan 6, 2011
Judgment
Wendenberg v. Netherlands
- Question Presented
- Whether an electoral bribe must be for the amount promised in order to be a criminal offense.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Criminal Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Netherlands
- Language of Decision
- Dutch
- Date of decision
- Apr 9, 2019
Judgment
Appeals declared by the Political Party "Dignity and Truth Platform" and the electoral candidate Andrei Năstase, by Political Party "Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova" and by the Electoral Council of the Chisinau Municipal Electoral District No. 1
- Question Presented
- Whether the 2018 mayoral election in Chisinau were appropriately annulled due to violations of the electoral silence period on election day.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Social Media
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Moldova
- Language of Decision
- Romanian
- Date of decision
- Jun 25, 2018
Judgment
2017 (Gyo Tsu) 47 [Judgments concerning the constitutionality of the provisions on the apportionment of seats for members (to be elected by constituency) of the House of Councillors stipulated in Article 14 and Appended Table 3 of the Public Offices Election Act]
- Question Presented
- Whether the electoral code system, in light of the migration from constituencies, should be declared unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Voting Systems (Winner-take-all, proportional, etc.)
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Japan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 17, 2017
Judgment
Buriro v. Shah
- Question Presented
- Where the citizenship requirement for candidacy may be met by a renunciation of dual citizenship.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Pakistan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 23, 2019
Judgment
Electoral Commission v. Rawali
- Question Presented
- Whether the postponement of the polling day due to inclement weather violated sec. 97, 115, 117, and 206 of Organic Law.
- Legal Issue(s)
- EMB Independence
- EMB Operation
- Judicial Independence
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 20, 2003
Judgment
Rind v. Balochistan
- Question Presented
- Whether failure to disclose education was grounds for disqualifying the petitioner as a candidate.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Pakistan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 19, 2018
Judgment
Baytan v. Commission on Elections
- Question Presented
- Whether petitioner's voluntary disclosure and alleged good faith mistake is sufficient to survive a preliminary hearing requiring only probable cause?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Voter Registration
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Phillippines
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 4, 2003
Judgment
14- Attorney General v. Chief Justice
- Question Presented
- Did the Court of Appeal have the power to issue a writ of certiorari with respect to Parliament in the process of impeaching the Chief Justice, who was accused of financial impropriety?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Civil Procedure
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 21, 2014
Judgment
Swamy v. Election Commission
- Question Presented
- Are current EVMs up to international standards? Is a paper trail/receipt necessary in electronic voting?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electronic Voting
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- India
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 8, 2013
Judgment
Majumdar v. Information Commission
- Question Presented
- Must the Election Commission provide information on parties' financial disclosures without obtaining their consent?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- EMB Independence
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 18, 2016
Judgment
Sandhu v. Election Commission of Pakistan
- Question Presented
- Whether a repoll is necessary due to an intervening crime.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Integrity
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Pakistan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 31, 2018
Judgment
Khuhro v. Khan
- Question Presented
- Whether misstatements on the candidate’s election papers are sufficient to declare an election void.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Pakistan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Aug 1, 2019
Judgment
Chee Siok Chin v. Attorney General
- Question Presented
- Whether the plaintiff’s application for Parliament was constitutionally denied. If not, whether the election results may be overturned for all members of Parliament.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Singapore
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 22, 2006
Judgment
1- Gamaethige v. Attorney General
- Question Presented
- Determination on 20th amendment and people's sovereignty
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- EMB Operation
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 8, 2017
Judgment
2- Karunathilaka v. Commissioner of Elections
- Question Presented
- People's sovereignty
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- EMB Operation
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Dec 7, 1998
Judgment
6- Egodaweie v. Commissioner of Elections
- Question Presented
- Did several electoral irregularities and acts of violence at polling stations fall within the scope of section 46A, compelling the respondent to declare those polls null and void?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Electoral Integrity
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Apr 3, 2001
Judgment
3- Liyanage v. Commissioner of Elections
- Question Presented
- Recognition of political parties
- Legal Issue(s)
- Party Registration
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Dec 17, 2014
Judgment