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Odinga v. IEBC
- Question Presented
- Which party has the burden of proof to contest an election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Kenya
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 1, 2017
- Date added
- Jun 19, 2019
Judgment
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe v. ZANU-PF
- Question Presented
- Should an interdict be ordered against the respondents for several coercion related activities towards children in schools?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 28, 2018
- Date added
- Jun 19, 2019
Judgment
Election Resource Centre v. Charumbira
- Question Presented
- Is it inappropriate for a tribal leader to make public statements in support of a party?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 23, 2018
- Date added
- Jun 19, 2019
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
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 18, 2016
- Date added
- Jun 19, 2019
Judgment
Electoral Commission v. Malawi Congress Party
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Malawi
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date added
- Jun 19, 2019
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
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 1, 2005
- Date added
- Jun 20, 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
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 3, 2009
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2019
Judgment
Kham v. Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- Should elections be annulled when the IEC did not provide timely access to voter rolls to the petitioners before elections?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Voter Registration
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Nov 1, 2015
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2019
Judgment
National Elections Commission v. Brumskine
- Question Presented
- Should elections be annulled when there were late openings of polls, changes of polling stations, inaccurate voter registration lists, and an absence of queue controllers?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Voter Registration
- Country
- Liberia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Dec 7, 2017
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2019
Judgment
Ochieng' v. Orange Democratic Movement
- Question Presented
- Was the respondent's nomination free, fair, and credible? Should the election be annulled when the respondents locked themselves in a room with the ballot boxes and papers, preventing the petitioner from entering?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Kenya
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 14, 2017
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2019
Judgment
Joseph v. Codrington
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 30, 2009
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2019
Judgment
Quinn Leandro v. Jonas
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 27, 2010
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2019
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
- Country
- India
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 8, 2013
- Date added
- Jun 28, 2019
Judgment
Timba v. Electoral Commission
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 9, 2014
- Date added
- Jun 28, 2019
Judgment
My Vote Counts NPC v. Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
- Question Presented
- Is the current Promotion of Access to Information Act unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 21, 2018
- Date added
- Jun 28, 2019
Judgment
Zimbabwe Election Resource Centre Trust v. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must furnish voter rolls under the Zimbabwe Constitution.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 6, 2018
- Date added
- Jul 8, 2019
Judgment
Bangladesh 16th amendment ruling
- Question Presented
- Does the 16th amendment, which allows the legislature to remove Supreme Court justices on grounds of incapacity or misconduct, violate the Constitution?
- Legal Issue(s)
- EMB Independence
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jul 3, 2017
- Date added
- Jul 8, 2019
Judgment
Shanmugam v. India
- Question Presented
- Whether the Election Commission of India may cancel or postpone elections based on the conduct and criminal actions of candidate.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- India
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Apr 17, 2019
- Date added
- Jul 8, 2019
Judgment
US v. Philadelphia
- Question Presented
- Did the city of Philadelphia's polling sites comply with the ADA and other guidelines to ensure accessible polling places?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Accessibility
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Apr 16, 2009
- Date added
- Jul 8, 2019
Judgment
Srpska Radikalna Stranka v. Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Question Presented
- Whether the the PEC's decision to bar the Serb Radical Party from the elections for not meeting the conditions is reviewable by the the court.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Party Registration
- Country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 1, 2000
- Date added
- Jul 8, 2019
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
- Country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2003
- Date added
- Jul 8, 2019
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
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 8, 2017
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2019
Judgment
2- Karunathilaka v. Commissioner of Elections
- Question Presented
- People's sovereignty
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- EMB Operation
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Dec 7, 1998
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2019
Judgment
3- Liyanage v. Commissioner of Elections
- Question Presented
- Recognition of political parties
- Legal Issue(s)
- Party Registration
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Dec 17, 2014
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2019
Judgment
5- Centre for Policy Alternatives v. Commissioner of Elections
- Question Presented
- Filling of vacancies in the membership of provincial councils
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Party Registration
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 17, 2003
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2019
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
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Apr 3, 2001
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2019
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
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 25, 2003
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2019
Judgment
Deshapriya v. Divisional Secretary
- Question Presented
- Whether public officers may be required to canvas for elected officials?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Aug 20, 1999
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2019
Judgment
12- Mendis v. Kumaratunga
- Question Presented
- The Petitioners presented their case on the basis of an infringement pertaining to the acquisition of land on the premise that such land would be utilized to serve a public purpose whereas, by this impugned executive or administrative action the land was knowingly, deliberately and manipulatively sold to a private entrepreneur to serve as an exclusive and private golf resort in Sri Lanka, one carrying a membership fee of Rs. 250,000.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jul 31, 2008
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2019
Judgment
13- Nanayakkara v. Choksy (John Keells Case)
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 26, 2008
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2019
Judgment