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In re Article 138 Electoral Code — No. 0382-E8-2018
- Question Presented
- What is the scope of the Electoral Code as it pertains to the dissemination of opinion polls and surveys by companies and organizations not registered with the Electoral Administration when dispersed through social media platforms?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Social Media
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jan 16, 2018
Judgment
Rideout v. Gardner
- Question Presented
- Whether a prohibition of a photograph of a completed ballot violates the First Amendment?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Social Media
- Technology
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Aug 11, 2015
Judgment
Resolução nº 22.610, de 25 de outubro de 2007
- 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
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Oct 25, 2007
Judgment
Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj
- Question Presented
- Were irregularities related to voter registration significant enough to annul the elections? Which approach should be followed in determining electoral irregularities?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Canada
- Language of Decision
- English
- French
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Oct 25, 2012
Judgment
SUP RAP 0042 2018
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electronic Voting
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Mar 22, 2018
Judgment
Sardelli v. Almeida
- Question Presented
- Whether the President may file a criminal electoral complaint against a private citizen.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Criminal Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Brazil
- Language of Decision
- Portuguese
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Aug 14, 2003
Judgment
In re Representation of People Act and the September 7, 2015 Elections.
- Question Presented
- Whether the potential for Chief Justice bias is sufficient to overturn the dismissal of a petition challenging election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Feb 6, 2020
Judgment
In re Valdes
- Question Presented
- Whether a judicial election taking place after a newly election procedure was passed, but initiated before has ground for annulment.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Feb 23, 2017
Judgment
Chiafalo v. Washington
- Question Presented
- Whether a pledge requirement and sanction violates the Electors Constitutional right to pledge electoral votes regardless of voter preference?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jul 6, 2020
Judgment
SUP RAP 0749 2017
- Question Presented
- The Electoral Tribunal considered that the pre-opening of ballot boxes for the identification of improperly deposited ballots by citizens on Election Day exceeds the attributions of the National Electoral Institute, and trespasses the principles of legislative power, legal certainty and safety, by modifying the scrutiny and count procedure, as well as of the transfer of electoral packages.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Feb 14, 2018
Judgment
Western Native Voice v. Stapleton
- Question Presented
- Whether the Ballot Interference Prevention Act violates the Plaintiff’s right to vote, right to free speech, right to association, and due process.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Indigenous Persons
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Sep 25, 2020
Judgment
In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani, an Attorney (United States)
- Question Presented
- Whether Mr. Giuliani’s conduct, as a lawyer perpetuating false statements about widespread voter fraud during the 2020 United States presidential election, violated New York's professional rules of conduct?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Presidential
- Date of decision
- Jun 24, 2021
Judgment
O’Rourke v. Dominion Voting Systems, Inc
- Question Presented
- Whether to impose sanctions on the Plaintiff's attorneys for filing frivolous litigation.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Frivolous Litigation
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Presidential
- Date of decision
- Aug 3, 2021
Judgment
Bush v. Gore
- Question Presented
- Did the Florida Supreme Court violate Article II Section 1 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution by making new election law? Do standardless manual recounts violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Constitution?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Presidential
- Date of decision
- Dec 12, 2000
Judgment
Antonio Pedro de Siqueira Indio da Costa v. Public Electoral Ministry (No. 1825-24.2010.6.00.0000)
- Question Presented
- Whether tweets announcing candidacy before the election period violate the Election Law because it is a publicly accessible platform.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Social Media
- Country
- Brazil
- Language of Decision
- Portuguese
- Election Type
- Presidential
- Date of decision
- Jun 4, 2010
Judgment
SUP RAP 0173 2018
- 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
- Election Type
- Presidential
- Date of decision
- Apr 9, 2018
Judgment
Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Andrés Manuel López Obrador (SUP RAP 0268 2012)
- Question Presented
- Whether Twitter posts and Youtube videos constitute campaign acts?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Social Media
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Presidential
- Date of decision
- May 24, 2012
Judgment
Yang v. Kellner
- Question Presented
- Whether removal of the candidates from the primary ballots after the termination of their campaign violates the voter’s right to elect the candidate of their choosing.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Presidential
- Date of decision
- May 5, 2020
Judgment
Trump for President, Inc. v. Boockvar
- Question Presented
- Whether it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution for Pennsylvania to give counties the discretion to adopt "notice and cure" policies (to provide notice to voters whose mail-in ballots were procedurally defective and an opportunity to cure their ballots).
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Presidential
- Date of decision
- Nov 21, 2020
Judgment
In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani
- Question Presented
- Whether the respondent violated D.C. Bar Rules X and XI, § 2(b) by filing a frivolous lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania, which requires him to be sanctioned under the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Presidential
- Date of decision
- Apr 4, 2022
Judgment
King v. Whitmer
- Question Presented
- Whether to impose sanctions on the Plaintiff’s attorneys for filing frivolous litigation in violation of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Frivolous Litigation
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Presidential
- Date of decision
- Aug 25, 2021
Judgment
In re Luis Gullermo Otoya Gertds
- Question Presented
- Whether an alleged vote counting inconsistency is sufficient to sustain a claim for election annulment without a claim of harm?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Parliamentary
- Date of decision
- Jun 2, 2014
Judgment
Together for the Change Without Formalizing Candidacies
- Question Presented
- Whether the when there is a vacancy in the candidate list and a legal framework for alternating candidate gender on the ballot, the substitute must be of the same gender as the deceased.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Gender
- Country
- Argentina
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Parliamentary
- Date of decision
- Nov 12, 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
- Election Type
- Municipal
- Date of decision
- Apr 16, 2009
Judgment
(Mexico) SUP 2020 REC 102 924628
- Question Presented
- Whether indigenous customs for men to elect political leaders outweigh the principles of non-discrimination, equality and gender parity, as well as the right of "every woman [...] to a life free of violence, both in the public and private spheres" and to "freely and fully exercise their political rights.”
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Indigenous Persons
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Municipal
- Date of decision
- Sep 15, 2020
Judgment
Ledezma Acosta v. Ausecha Ordóñez and Armando Guevara Bravo
- Question Presented
- Whether a candidate’s disqualification from running in an election should affect the eligibility of all the candidates on the political party’s candidate list, since as a result of the disqualification the entire list did not meet the gender quota minimum required by law.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Disputing Results
- Party Registration
- Quotas
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Municipal
- Date of decision
- Sep 17, 2020
Judgment
State of Washington v. Facebook, Inc.
- Question Presented
- Whether Facebook violated election law by not maintaining records of their political advertising and failing to make those records available to the public.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Social Media
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Municipal
- Date of decision
- Jun 8, 2018
Judgment
Monroy Hernandez v. Molano Granados
- Question Presented
- Whether the election of a municipal elected official should be nullified and/or her candidacy deemed ineligible on charges of nepotism due to her father holding a government position, which exercised administrative authority, within twelve months of her election even if there is no proof that he used or abused his position to further her candidacy.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Municipal
- Date of decision
- Mar 12, 2020
Judgment
Ortiz Daza v. Act Declaring the Election of Candelo Riascos
- Question Presented
- Whether a candidate is permitted to endorse a candidate from another party (“double militancy”) when he receives express permission or derogation from his own party to do so, despite the provision in law that prohibits this practice.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Municipal
- Date of decision
- Dec 10, 2020
Judgment
Zambrano Castro v. National Electoral Council
- Question Presented
- Whether the rejection of an applicant’s mayoral candidacy should be overturned because he initiated a lawsuit to revoke disciplinary sanctions against him, thereby potentially qualifying him for a “pending lawsuit” exception as outlined in Article 100, Paragraph 8 of the General Code of Procedure.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Civil Procedure
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Municipal
- Date of decision
- Oct 29, 2020
Judgment