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Albayda Judgment - Emergency Procedural Ruling
- Question Presented
- Whether Libyan Constitution Drafting Assembly (“CDA”) members’ procedural change on vote quorum, from requiring 2/3 majority plus one of the entire CDA to 2/3 majority plus one of present members, violated the law.
- Country
- Libya
- Language of Decision
- Arabic
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Dec 19, 2016
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Conseil d'État (CE), 4ème chambre, 31 May 2021, N° 441849 (unpublished in Lebon collection)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
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- May 31, 2021
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Conseil d'État (CE), 6ème chambre, 28 May 2021, N° 445567 (unpublished in Lebon collection)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
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- May 28, 2021
Judgment
Albayda Judgment – Ali Tarhouni Case II (2016)
- Question Presented
- Whether the chairman of the CDA lost his Libyan citizenship and eligibility for office by obtaining American citizenship and marrying a foreigner.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Libya
- Language of Decision
- Arabic
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Nov 28, 2016
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
- Country
- Serbia
- Language of Decision
- Serbian
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Feb 3, 2022
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
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2003
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
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- May 5, 2020
Judgment
(Mexico) SCM JDC 0412 2021
- Question Presented
- Whether there is an obligation among political parties to comply with a candidate quota that included people from the LGBTQIA + community even though there was no legal order or law to do so.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Apr 3, 2021
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
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Apr 4, 2022
Judgment
Seawright v. Board of Elections & In re Hawatmeh v. State Board of Elections
- Question Presented
- Whether late filings during the COVID-9 pandemic constitute unique circumstances that would permit remedy of the fatal defect when otherwise not provide in law.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Health Concerns & Election Administration
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- May 21, 2020
Judgment
Quinn Leandro v. Jonas
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Oct 27, 2010
Judgment
Tan Chen Bock v. Attorney General
- Question Presented
- Whether the reserved election clause solely permits choosing from the terms of office of Presidents elected by the citizens, or also includes those chosen by Parliament.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Singapore
- Language of Decision
- English
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Aug 23, 2017
Judgment
Wong Souk Yee v. Attorney General
- Question Presented
- Whether the Prime Minister had a duty to fill the vacancy in a Group Representation Constituency.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Integrity
- EMB Independence
- Country
- Singapore
- Language of Decision
- English
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Apr 10, 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
- Country
- Switzerland
- Language of Decision
- German
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Mar 20, 1963
Judgment
10- Perera v. Senarathe
- Question Presented
- The petitioner, an MP, complained that the respondent, also an MP, has illegally entered into contracts with government institutions and seeks a declaration that the respondent's appointment is void.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Dec 10, 1999
Judgment
Electoral Commission of Uganda v. Bakireke
- Question Presented
- Was the election conducted legally? Did non-compliance substantially affect the results? Did the winning candidate commit electoral offenses? Did the trial judge err in annulling the elections at the trial level?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Jan 19, 2007
Judgment
Winnemucca v. United States
- Question Presented
- Whether the election of the Council Chairman and the Bureau of Indian Affairs’s nonrecognition of the new government is reviewable by the courts.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Indigenous Persons
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Court
- Appellate Court
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
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language of Decision
- English
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Oct 20, 2016
Judgment
Aryeh Bain v. Chief Electoral Officer
- Question Presented
- Whether setting election day as a Jewish holiday violates the right to vote?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- EMB Operation
- Country
- Canada
- Language of Decision
- English
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Jun 26, 2019
Judgment
Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott
- Question Presented
- Whether the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a disability under Texas law sufficient to modify the vote-by-mail system.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Health Concerns & Election Administration
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Jun 4, 2020
Judgment
Kyewalabye v. Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the plaintiff has the evidentiary burden to contest the election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Oct 3, 2016
Judgment
Opendi v. Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the invalidation of seventeen polling station results is sufficient grounds to annul the election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Sep 23, 2011
Judgment
Mwiru v. Samson
- Question Presented
- Whether the respondent’s education failed to meet the requirements for candidacy. If so, whether the respondent’s election as a Member of Parliament should be annulled.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Jun 28, 2011
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
- Country
- Serbia
- Language of Decision
- Serbian
- Court
- Appellate Court
- Date of decision
- Feb 3, 2022
Judgment
Human Rights Network of Uganda v. Attorney General
- Question Presented
- Whether the Public Order Management Act of 2013 violates the Uganda Constitution? Whether parliament and the executive may pass legislation in response to decision of the court?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Court
- Constitutional Court
- Date of decision
- Mar 26, 2020
Judgment
Décision n° 2015 465 QPC du 24 avril 2015 Conseil constitutionnel
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Court
- Constitutional Court
- Date of decision
- Apr 24, 2015
Judgment
Prabowo Subianto & Sandiaga Salahudin Uno v. General Election Commission
- Question Presented
- Did the General Election Commission (KPU) violate the General Elections Code while conducting the vote count for the 2019 presidential election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Indonesia
- Language of Decision
- Indonesian
- Court
- Constitutional Court
- Date of decision
- Jun 27, 2019
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
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- English
- French
- Court
- Constitutional Court
- Date of decision
- Jun 19, 2001
Judgment
Ujung Iskandar & Bambang Purwanto v. General Election Commission of West Kotawaringin
- Question Presented
- Whether the Regional General Election Commission (KPU) of West Kotawaringin manipulated the official results “systematically, structurally, and massively” while conducting the vote counting for the regional head election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Indonesia
- Language of Decision
- Indonesian
- Court
- Constitutional Court
- Date of decision
- Jun 7, 2010
Judgment
Surunuddin Dangga & Muchtar Silondae v. General Election Commission of South Konawe
- Question Presented
- Whether the Regional General Election Commission (KPU) of South Konawe manipulated the official results “systematically, structurally, and massively” while conducting the vote counting for the regional head election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Indonesia
- Language of Decision
- Indonesian
- Court
- Constitutional Court
- Date of decision
- Aug 10, 2010
Judgment