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National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission

Question Presented
Whether FECA's limits on political parties' coordinated expenditures with candidates violate the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech, and specifically whether Colorado II—which upheld those limits under a deferential standard of review—remains good law in light of the Court's subsequent, more demanding campaign finance jurisprudence requiring that restrictions be "necessary," "narrowly tailored," and not "disproportionate" to the government's interest in preventing quid pro quo corruption.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Campaign Finance
  • Conflict of Interests
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 30, 2026
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Watson v. Republican National Committee

Question Presented
Do federal election-day statutes preempt state laws allowing ballots cast by Election Day to be received and counted after that date?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Deadline(s)
  • Election Date
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 29, 2026
Judgment
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Partido Liberal v. Ricardo Pereira

Question Presented
Was the defendant Pereira liable for generating and disseminating an AI deepfake image masquerading as a “leaked photo”, which falsely portrayed a group of Brazilian politicians meeting over brunch?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Social Media
  • Technology
Country
Brazil
Language of Decision
  • Portuguese
Date of decision
Jun 8, 2026
Judgment
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Shashi Tharoor v. Ashok Kumar & Ors

Question Presented
Did AI deepfake videos interfere with elections to a high enough degree to require an injunction?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Social Media
  • Technology
Country
India
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 8, 2026
Judgment
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Evandro Sá Barreto Leitão v. André Fernandes de Moura

Question Presented
Did defendant Leitao violate Brazilian Electoral Law when he posted and disseminated artificial intelligence generated videos of international celebrities including Barack Obama, Taylor Swift, Tom Cruise, and Cristiano Ronaldo endorsing his 2024 mayoral campaign on his TikTok profile?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Social Media
  • Technology
Country
Brazil
Language of Decision
  • Portuguese
Date of decision
May 8, 2026
Judgment
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Louisiana v. Callais

Question Presented
Whether compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 provides a compelling reason that may justify the intentional use of race in drawing legislative districts.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Apr 29, 2026
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Călin Georgescu v. Romania

Question Presented
Did the Constitutional Court of Romania err in annulling the first round of elections or infringe upon Georgescu's right to a free election?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Improper Practices
  • Social Media
  • Technology
Country
Romania
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Mar 6, 2025
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Gugum Ridho Putra v. Indonesia

Question Presented
Can Indonesian political candidates alter their "self-image" by posting and utilizing pictures and videos to substantively polish or change their political image? Does the Indonesian voter have a right to truthful information about candidates that is violated by excessive "self-image" manipulation done through AI technology?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Technology
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Indonesia
Language of Decision
  • Indonesian
Date of decision
Jan 2, 2025
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Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP

Question Presented
Whether the South Carolina legislature “subordinated” race-neutral districting criteria to draw a Congressional district map in the state and overtly relied on racial considerations.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 23, 2024
Judgment
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Moore v. Harper

Question Presented
Whether the Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, § 4, cl. 1)—which provides that "[t]he Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof"—vests exclusive and independent authority in state legislatures to set the rules for federal elections, insulating them from review by state courts applying state constitutional constraints.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
  • Judicial Independence
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 27, 2023
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Allen v. Milligan

Question Presented
Whether Alabama's 2021 congressional redistricting plan (HB1) — which created only one majority-Black district out of seven in a state that is 27% Black — violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voting strength.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 8, 2023
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Barthelemy v. President of the Republic of Vanuatu

Question Presented
(1) Was the Council of Minister’s advice to the President to dissolve Parliament while there was a pending motion of no confidence by members of parliament a violation of the Constitution? (2) If so, was the dissolution of parliament by President void? (3) Does the Supreme Court have jurisdiction to hear constitutional writ petitions relating to the dissolution of parliament?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Conflict of Interests
Country
Vanuatu
Date of decision
Sep 9, 2022
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Odinga, et. al v. Ruto

Question Presented
Whether petitioners’ evidence of interference and election fraud satisfied the appropriate level of evidence as required by the Court and affected the election result, warranting the cancellation and rerun of the election?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Civil Procedure
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Electronic Voting
  • EMB Operation
Country
Kenya
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Sep 5, 2022
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CH-02

Question Presented
Are elements of the national electoral code that define allotment of legislative seats across the country's 10 districts (based off population patterns and anticipated growth in 1987) in conflict with the Constitution, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the American Convention of Human Rights, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
Country
Suriname
Language of Decision
  • Dutch
Date of decision
Aug 5, 2022
Judgment
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Marube Ombeta, Kamotho Njenga v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission

Question Presented
Whether the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)’s decision to implement the two-thirds gender rule for the 2022 elections is unconstitutional. Whether the IEBC’s decision to reject the petitioner’s candidate nominations list for the National Assembly and the Senate was unconstitutional.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Gender
  • Quotas
Country
Kenya
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 13, 2022
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Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate

Question Presented
Whether Section 304 of BCRA — which limits the amount of post-election contributions that a campaign may use to repay a candidate's personal loans to the campaign — violated the First Amendment by burdening core political speech. The specific question was whether the Government could demonstrate that the loan-repayment limitation was "closely drawn" to a sufficiently important interest — namely, preventing quid pro quo corruption or its appearance — given that the limitation deters candidates from loaning money to their campaigns by increasing the risk that such loans will not be fully repaid.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Campaign Finance
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 16, 2022
Judgment
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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
Date of decision
Apr 4, 2022
Judgment
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Anatoliy Marinov v. Bulgaria

Question Presented
Whether the automatic removal of a voter's rights under partial guardianship contravenes Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Furthermore, whether the blanket provision of removal is proportional to the state's legitimate aims and whether the absence of individualized judicial review deprives a voter's due process rights.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Bulgaria
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Feb 28, 2022
Judgment
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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
Date of decision
Feb 3, 2022
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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
Date of decision
Feb 3, 2022
Judgment
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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
Date of decision
Aug 25, 2021
Judgment
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Caamaño Valle v. Spain

Question Presented
Whether the rescission of voting rights for disabled person under guardianship based on individualized assessment is legal under Article 3, Protocol No. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
Country
Spain
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Aug 11, 2021
Judgment
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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
Date of decision
Aug 3, 2021
Judgment
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Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee

Question Presented
Whether Arizona's out-of-precinct ballot policy and ballot collection ban (HB 2023) violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and more broadly, what legal standard governs Section 2 challenges to "time, place, or manner" voting rules—specifically, whether the "totality of the circumstances" test from Thornburg v. Gingles and the Senate Factors applies to challenges to facially neutral voting procedures.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jul 1, 2021
Judgment
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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
Date of decision
Jun 24, 2021
Judgment
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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
Date of decision
May 31, 2021
Judgment
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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
Date of decision
May 28, 2021
Judgment
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The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia v. The Harari Peoples’ Regional State, Harari National Congress

Question Presented
Whether the decision by the Election Bench of the FSC ordering the NEBE to continue the practice, during the 6th general elections, of allowing members of the Harari community residing outside of the Harari People’s Regional State to elect members of the Harari National Congress (which is part of the Harari People’s Regional State Council (regional parliament)) contained an error of law.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
Country
Ethiopia
Language of Decision
  • Amharic
Date of decision
May 27, 2021
Judgment
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Supreme Court of Samoa, Faatuatua I Le Atua Samoa Ua Tasi (F.A.S.T. Party) v. Electoral Commissioner

Question Presented
A couple of questions are presented to the Supreme Court. First, whether the Electoral Commissioner acted unlawfully when he activated Article 44(1A) and whether they are mandated to implement Article 44(1A), and if so, the timeframe to invoke it.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Gender
  • Quotas
Country
Samoa
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 14, 2021
Judgment
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(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
Date of decision
Apr 3, 2021
Judgment
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