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Kosovo Police v. Mustafa
- Question Presented
- Whether a candidate violated the Law of General Elections prohibition on taking advantage of a public employee during a campaign period when the candidate used photo of the Kosovo Police Chief?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Candidate Registration
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 10, 2019
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
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
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 1, 2000
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
Conseil d'État (CE), 4ème chambre, 31 May 2021, N° 441849 (unpublished in Lebon collection)
- Question Presented
- Whether an incumbent mayoral candidate’s advertisement purchased and disseminated on Facebook prior to the campaign period violated article L. 52-1. Whether the level of voter abstention observed is sufficient to cancel electoral operations.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Social Media
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Date of decision
- May 31, 2021
Judgment
BVerfG, decision of the Second Senate of December 15, 2020
- Question Presented
- Whether the non-parity nomination of candidates for the Bundestag election by the parties constitutes a major electoral error that has a decisive impact on the distribution of seats and the validity of the election.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Dec 15, 2020
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
Décision n° 2015 465 QPC du 24 avril 2015 Conseil constitutionnel
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Date of decision
- Apr 24, 2015
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
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23. October 2020 - VfGBbg 55/19
- Question Presented
- Whether the gender quota under the Parity Act is constitutional
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Oct 23, 2020
Judgment
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23 October 2020 - VfGBbg 9/19
- Question Presented
- Are gender quotas constitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Oct 23, 2020
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
Jampen v. State Council
- Question Presented
- Whether when two distinct constituencies have a single electoral body and drastically different populations, the constituencies must be severed and granted their own electoral bodies.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Switzerland
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Mar 20, 1963
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
Décision n° 2001 445 DC du 19 juin 2001 Conseil constitutionnel
- Question Presented
- Whether section 33 of the French Institutional Act violates the Constitution.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- English
- French
- Date of decision
- Jun 19, 2001
Judgment
Décision n° 98 407 DC du 14 janvier 1999 Conseil constitutionnel
- Question Presented
- Whether the Electoral Code provision requiring parity between male and female candidates violates the French Constitution?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Gender
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- English
- French
- Date of decision
- Jan 14, 1999
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
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network BIRN Internews and Kosova v. Serbian List
- Question Presented
- Whether the Serbian List's election spot violated the Election Code such that it incited hatred or violence.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Social Media
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 27, 2019
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
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
Popular Parliamentary Group of Congress of Deputies (Review of Law)
- Question Presented
- Whether the ballot parity is sufficiently remedied in the voter pool. Whether such quotas are constitutional.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Spain
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Feb 29, 2008
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
Harle v. France
- Question Presented
- Should elections be annulled when 1) there were inconsistencies between the number of ballot papers and signatures, and 2) the candidate violated electoral propaganda laws when he posted a personal propaganda photo on his Facebook?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Social Media
- Technology
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Date of decision
- Dec 2, 2017
Judgment
Decision 701/2020
- Question Presented
- Whether the Brosteni Constituency Electoral Bureau’s (BEC) decision to reject a former vice mayor seeking to run for the mayor and local councilor elections, based on a report by the National Integrity Agency alleging that he had conflicts of interest, was improper.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Civil Procedure
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Romania
- Language of Decision
- Romanian
- Date of decision
- Aug 17, 2020
Judgment
Decision No. 207182
- Question Presented
- Whether a voter’s electoral rights are violated when the question asked in a referendum is unclear and information about the question is not readily available at the polling site.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Accessibility
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Serbia
- Language of Decision
- Serbian
- Date of decision
- Feb 3, 2022
Judgment
Decision 207183
- Question Presented
- Whether the Sabac City Assembly was the proper authority to hear a challenge about the conduct of a referendum.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Serbia
- Language of Decision
- Serbian
- Date of decision
- Feb 3, 2022
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
Huarte-Mendicoa v. Basque Parliament Act
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Spain
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Jan 19, 2009
Judgment
Maurin v. France
- Question Presented
- Did the candidate violate campaign finance laws when he filed his campaign accounts late and failed to file certain expenses and financial notebooks?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Date of decision
- Feb 1, 2019
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
Germin Organization v. Central Election Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the vote counting procedure violates the right to early vote for Kosovo citizens outside of Kosovo. Whether the complaint may be brought before a final decision is reached.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 19, 2019
Judgment
VerfGH Thuringia, 07/15/2020 - VerfGH 2/20
- Question Presented
- Is a gender quota statute constitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Jul 15, 2020
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
Conseil d'État (CE), 6ème chambre, 28 May 2021, N° 445567 (unpublished in Lebon collection)
- Question Presented
- There are a few issues. 1) Whether an opposing candidate’s advertisement purchased and disseminated on Facebook prior to the campaign period violated article L. 52-1; 2) Whether an outdoor campaign advertisement posted near a busy street and restaurant and shared on Facebook violated Article L. 51; 3) Whether the opposing candidate disseminated false or misleading information about voting by proxy procedures under Article L. 97; 4) Whether opposing candidate defamed complainant under Article 48-2 with a leaflet during the electoral silence period.; and 5) Whether the level of voter abstention observed is sufficient to cancel electoral operations.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Social Media
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Date of decision
- May 28, 2021
Judgment
Decision 378/2020
- Question Presented
- Whether the Bistrita Năsăud Electoral Bureau (BECJ BN)’s decision to reject the registration of appellant electoral alliance USR-PLUS’s list of four candidates for the 2020 parliamentary elections was incorrect even though the appellant did not properly include the candidates’ genders, as is required by law for Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Gender
- Region
- Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Romania
- Language of Decision
- Romanian
- Date of decision
- Oct 26, 2020
Judgment
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