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City for All List, et. al v. Palestinian Central Election Commission, et. al
- Question Presented
- Whether the error in registration on the voter list of one candidate from an independent candidate list should result in rejecting the application of all the candidates on the list, and thus the entire list, from running for election.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Eligibility
- Candidate Registration
- Region
- Middle East and North Africa
- Country
- Palestine
- Language of Decision
- Arabic
- Date of decision
- Apr 23, 2017
Judgment
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
Obradovic v. Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Question Presented
- Whether the plaintiff's dismissal from the military banned him from participating in the General Election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2003
Judgment
Party of Kosovo Serbs v. Serbian List
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Technology
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2019
Judgment
Pacolli v. Central Election Commission
- 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
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2019
Judgment
Levizja Vetevendosje v. Central Election Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the ballots postmarked well before the election, but not received by the CRC, must be counted as valid ballots.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 28, 2019
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
LVV Political Entity v. Central Election Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the ballots declared invalid by the CRC were valid and should have been counted for in election totals?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 19, 2019
Judgment
BIRN v. Democratic League of Kosovo
- Question Presented
- Whether the claimant met its evidentiary burden for determining that the respondent violated election law.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Social Media
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 6, 2019
Judgment
Nisma-Akr-PD v. Polling Station 211B
- Question Presented
- Whether there is sufficient evidence to bar the election officials from participating in elections or election administration after they lost ballots.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Integrity
- EMB Operation
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2019
Judgment
PDK v. Central Election Commission
- 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
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 18, 2019
Judgment
Review of the Constitutionality of Section Five of the Riigikogu Election Act
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 18, 2017
Judgment
Self Determination Movement v. CEP
- 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
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2019
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
59 Members of Parliament of Ukraine on the constitutionality of the provisions of Art.22.2 of the Parliamentary Elections Law of Ukraine concerning the equal allocation of foreign polling stations to all single-member constituencies
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- EMB Operation
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Ukraine
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Apr 4, 2012
Judgment
63 Members of Parliament of Ukraine on the constitutionality of the provisions of Art. 43 of the Parliamentary Elections Law of Ukraine concerning the election deposit
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Ukraine
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 31, 2012
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. Watson
- Question Presented
- Whether the video and song Planet Key are considered election advertisements and/or election programs.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Social Media
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 20, 2016
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
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
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
9- Thavaneethan v. Commissioner of Elections
- Question Presented
- Vote as a fundamental right
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 25, 2003
Judgment
Advocate Prem Chandra Rai vs Government of Nepal
- Question Presented
- Whether Nepali citizens residing abroad should be given the opportunity to vote from the country in which they currently reside. Whether restricted voting rights on Nepali citizens living abroad violates the constitutional right to vote.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Accessibility
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Out of Country Voting
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Nepal
- Language of Decision
- Nepali
- Date of decision
- Mar 21, 2018
Judgment
Australian Electoral Commission v. Johnston
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Australia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 18, 2014
Judgment
1996 (Gyo Tsu) 28 [Judgment of the Second Petty Bench, partially dismissed, partially quashed, and partially terminated]
- Question Presented
- Whether denying absentee ballots to voters outside of the country for official ballots is sufficient to dispute the election result.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Country
- Japan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 31, 1996
Judgment