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Abbott v. Perez

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anchored in Nueces County (home to Corpus Christi) and follows the Gulf of Mexico to the northeast before taking a turn inland to the northwest in the
Question Presented
Whether the 2013 Texas congressional and state House redistricting plans violated the Equal Protection Clause (racial gerrymandering), Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (vote dilution), and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments (intentional discrimination) — and specifically whether the district court erred by finding that the 2011 discriminatory intent "carried over" into the 2013 plans enacted by the Legislature; holding that certain districts were racial gerrymanders where race was the predominant factor; finding Section 2 vote dilution in certain districts where plaintiffs could not demonstrate that an additional compact minority opportunity district was possible; and applying the wrong legal standard in distinguishing between racial motivation and partisan motivation in redistricting.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 25, 2018
Date added
Jul 14, 2026
Judgment

Baker v. Carr

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friendly foreign governments. Compare Ex parte Peru, 318 U. S. 578, with Mexico v. Hoffman, 324 U. S. 30, 34-35. Dates of duration of hostilities: Though
Question Presented
Whether a claim alleging that a state's legislative apportionment scheme violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment — by diluting the voting power of citizens in overpopulated districts — presents a justiciable controversy or is a non-justiciable "political question" that federal courts lack authority to adjudicate. This issue required the Court to revisit and overturn the precedent of Colegrove v. Green, 328 U.S. 549 (1946), which had held that federal courts should not intervene in reapportionment disputes.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Mar 26, 1962
Date added
Jul 12, 2026
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Shelby County v. Holder

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subject to federal preclearance by court orders, including the States of New Mexico and Arkansas. App. to Brief for Federal Respondent 1a–3a. This experience exposes
Question Presented
Whether the coverage formula in Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act — which determined which jurisdictions were subject to the preclearance requirement of Section 5 — remained constitutionally valid after Congress reauthorized it in 2006 without updating the formula, given that the formula was based on decades-old data (voter registration and turnout from the 1960s and early 1970s) and practices (literacy tests) that had since been banned nationwide. More broadly, whether the formula violated the constitutional principle of equal sovereignty among the states by subjecting only certain jurisdictions to the extraordinary federal intrusion of preclearance.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 25, 2013
Date added
Jul 9, 2026
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Tennessee v. Lane

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F Reilly of Massachusetts, Jeremiah W. (Jay)Nixon of Missouri, PatriciaA Madrid of New Mexico, Eliot Spitzer of New York, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Christine 0. Gregoire
Question Presented
Whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act validly abrogates state sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment and whether people with disabilities have a right to access courts to lodge fundamental rights claims, including electoral disputes.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Criminal Procedure
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 17, 2004
Date added
Jul 7, 2026
Judgment

Electoral Justice for All: A Practitioner's Guide to Increasing Women's Access to Electoral Justice

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dismissal of candidacy, the nullification of election results, or jail time.40 Mexico – one of only six countries in the world that has reached gender parity
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Accessibility
  • Electoral Inclusion
  • Electoral Inclusion
Language
  • English
Date added
Oct 1, 2024
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Alternative Dispute Resolution in Elections: Practitioner Brief

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72 IFES Practitioner Brief on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Elections Mexico Mexico is an example of how ADR can make the electoral justice system more
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • English
Date added
May 5, 2023
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Advocate Prem Chandra Rai vs Government of Nepal

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vote is sent to the home country through post. Countries like Canada, Norway, Mexico, and Switzerland seem to be using this method. The third method of giving
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
Country
Nepal
Language of Decision
  • Nepali
Date of decision
Mar 21, 2018
Date added
Jan 13, 2023
Judgment

Election Dispute Resolution Report 2020

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(cases concerning candidate registration), Azerbaijan, Estonia, Latvia, Mexico. Andorra, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Ireland, Mexico, Ukraine. In Andorra, concerning disputes related to candidate
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
  • Legal Frameworks
  • Regional Jurisprudence
Language
  • English
Date added
Dec 23, 2021
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Election Case Law Analysis Series: Lessons for Regulating Campaigning on Social Media

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the Superior Chamber of the Federal Electoral Tribunal of Mexico in which the Green Party of Mexico and various famous people, including athletes, musicians, and
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Legal Frameworks
Language
  • English
Date added
Dec 22, 2021
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Election Case Law Analysis Series: Lessons on Gender Equality and Women’s Political Participation

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Analyzing litigation from France to Samoa and Kenya to Mexico, this paper explores on the legal questions
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Electoral Inclusion
Language
  • English
Date added
Dec 22, 2021
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SUP-REP-16/2016 Y SUP-REP-22/2016 ACUMULADOS

Country
Mexico
Question Presented
Whether the Green Party of Mexico and various famous persons were rightfully sanctioned for alleged campaign violations.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Social Media
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Apr 20, 2016
Date added
Oct 26, 2021
Judgment

Guidelines for National Political Parties and, where appropriate, Local Political Parties, to prevent, attend, sanction, repair and eradicate political violence against women based on gender

Author(s)
Instituto Nacional Electoral, Mexico
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Electoral Inclusion
  • Electoral Inclusion
Language
  • Spanish
Date added
Oct 6, 2021
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(Mexico) SUP 2020 REC 102 924628

Country
Mexico
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
Date of decision
Sep 15, 2020
Date added
Jul 1, 2021
Judgment

(Mexico) SM JDC 0167 2021

Country
Mexico
Question Presented
Whether it was incorrect that the request for a citizen's trial that he filed in the initial instance was processed as a complaint, considering that this is the ideal way in which a favorable resolution could be obtained that guarantees the inclusion of members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Whether political parties are obligated to have a quota for candidates that identify as LGBTQIA+ to guarantee their inclusion in the political process.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Gender
  • Quotas
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Mar 31, 2021
Date added
Jul 1, 2021
Judgment

(Mexico) SCM JDC 0412 2021

Procedural history
Plaintiffs appealed to the Mexico City Regional Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial
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
Date of decision
Apr 3, 2021
Date added
Jul 1, 2021
Judgment

(Mexico) SX JE 0003 2021

Country
Mexico
Question Presented
Whether there were procedural irregularities in the lower court’s decision based on the timeliness of the complaint and lack of notice by the court. Whether evidence from Facebook and WhatsApp demonstrating gender based political violence were illegally obtained and possess the truth and veracity it asserts.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Gender
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Jan 21, 2021
Date added
Jun 23, 2021
Judgment

Election Investigations Guidebook

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Electoral Institute, the institutional body in charge of organizing the elections in Mexico at the federal level and coordinating voting processes at the sub-national level
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • English
Date added
Dec 28, 2020
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Chiafalo v. Washington

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has no connection to elector appointment. See ante, at 5. For example, New Mexico imposes a legal duty on its electors: “All presidential electors shall cast
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
Date of decision
Jul 6, 2020
Date added
Sep 17, 2020
Judgment

ACHPR Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania

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decision in the Inter – American Court of Human Rights Castañeda Gutman v Mexico, Judgment of 6 August 2008 Series C No 184 to the effect that
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Regional Jurisprudence
  • Violation of an International Treaty
Language
  • English
Date added
Sep 9, 2020
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PAN v. PRI (SM JIN 0035 2015)

Country
Mexico
Question Presented
Whether the Governor's presence and irregularities are sufficient to annul the election results.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Social Media
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Aug 4, 2017
Date added
Aug 7, 2020
Judgment

MOREA v. Party of Institutional Revolutionary (SUP 2015 REP 544 499367)

Country
Mexico
Question Presented
Whether the dissemination of campaign materials on twitter accounts of candidate and alternate candidates violate the electoral silence laws?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Social Media
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Apr 20, 2016
Date added
Aug 7, 2020
Judgment

Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Miguel Angel Yunes Linares (SUP JRC 0168 2016)

Country
Mexico
Question Presented
Whether Facebook posts that indicate a political position, but do not solicit votes constitute pre-campaign activity.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Social Media
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Apr 25, 2016
Date added
Aug 7, 2020
Judgment

Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Andrés Manuel López Obrador (SUP RAP 0268 2012)

Country
Mexico
Question Presented
Whether Twitter posts and Youtube videos constitute campaign acts?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Social Media
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
May 24, 2012
Date added
Aug 7, 2020
Judgment

The Resolution of Election Disputes: Legal Principles That Control Election Challenges

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Alabama (8), Alaska (1), Delaware (1), Hawaii (2), Nevada (1), New Mexico (2), Vermont (1), and Wyoming (1). In addition, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 22, 2020
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When Are Elections Good Enough? Validating or Annulling Election Results

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Electoral Legislation of Mexico, Opinion No. 680 / 2012 CDL-AD(2013)021, http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-AD(2013)021-e. 14 While judicial interlocutors in Mexico have told us
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Annulments
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 22, 2020
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Equal Access: How to Include Persons with Disabilities in Elections and Political Processes

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candidates and Mexico City mayoral candidates, with the exception of one party. Through these discussions ‒ which were the first-ever in Mexico between presidential
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Accessibility
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 22, 2020
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Mediation and Post Election Litigation: A Way Forward

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(1980) (any elector can contest results); N.M. STAT. ANN. §1-14-1 (2004) (New Mexico statute allows a candidate to contest the results of an election in court)
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 17, 2020
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Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights for Judges, Prosecutors, and Lawyers

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GAOR, A/54/40 (vol. I), p. 67, para. 350. See also as to Mexico, insofar as there was no independent body to investigate the substantial
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • English
  • Portuguese
Date added
Jul 17, 2020
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In Re Case No. 9768, 9780 & 9828

Country
Mexico
Question Presented
Whether the elections violated the citizen’s political rights even though the domestic options were exhausted.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Integrity
  • EMB Independence
  • EMB Operation
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 17, 1990
Date added
Jul 8, 2020
Judgment

Campos v. Ecuador

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Case of Cabrera García and Montiel Flores v. Mexico, para. 201; Case of Rosendo Cantú et al. v. Mexico. Preliminary objection, merits, reparations and costs.
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Judicial Independence
  • Regional Jurisprudence
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 7, 2020
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