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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
- Country
- Spain
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Feb 13, 2009
Judgment
New Nation Movement NPC and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa
- Question Presented
- Whether the requirement of political party membership for candidate eligibility is constitutional.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jun 11, 2020
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
Décision n° 2015 465 QPC du 24 avril 2015 Conseil constitutionnel
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Apr 24, 2015
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
- Election Type
- Review of law
- 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
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- English
- French
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jan 14, 1999
Judgment
APDH v. Cote d'Ivoire
- Question Presented
- Whether the composition of the IEC is in conformity with the Constitution.
- Legal Issue(s)
- EMB Independence
- EMB Operation
- Country
- Ivory Coast
- Language of Decision
- English
- French
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Nov 18, 2016
Judgment
Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania
- Question Presented
- Whether the Tanzania regulation prohibiting independent candidates from seeking public office is unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Tanzania. United Republic of
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jun 14, 2019
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
Electoral Commission v. Rawali
- Question Presented
- Whether the postponement of the polling day due to inclement weather violated sec. 97, 115, 117, and 206 of Organic Law.
- Legal Issue(s)
- EMB Independence
- EMB Operation
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jun 20, 2003
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
- Country
- Spain
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Feb 29, 2008
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
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Sep 1, 2005
Judgment
Union NSW v. New South Wales
- Question Presented
- Whether Election Code s 96D, and 95G6 are inconsistent with the Australia Constitution.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Country
- Australia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Dec 13, 2013
Judgment
My Vote Counts NPC v. Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
- Question Presented
- Is the current Promotion of Access to Information Act unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jun 21, 2018
Judgment
Case on Restricting Online Media from Publishing Columns, etc. Written by Candidates for Public Official Election
- Legal Issue(s)
- Social Media
- Country
- South Korea
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Nov 28, 2019
Judgment
Chester v. Secretary of State for Justice
- Legal Issue(s)
- Judicial Independence
- Voter Registration
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Oct 16, 2013
Judgment
Zimbabwe Election Resource Centre Trust v. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must furnish voter rolls under the Zimbabwe Constitution.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jun 6, 2018
Judgment
Bangladesh 16th amendment ruling
- Question Presented
- Does the 16th amendment, which allows the legislature to remove Supreme Court justices on grounds of incapacity or misconduct, violate the Constitution?
- Legal Issue(s)
- EMB Independence
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jul 3, 2017
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
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Feb 3, 2022
Judgment
Decision No. 1 (1995)
- Question Presented
- Whether a law that permits the Prime Minister to exercise his discretionary power to transfer or declare a vacancy for the position of the President of the Supreme Court of char’i jaafarite contradicts the principle of “separation of powers” and should be repealed.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Country
- Lebanon
- Language of Decision
- French
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Nov 2, 1995
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
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Feb 3, 2022
Judgment
12- Mendis v. Kumaratunga
- Question Presented
- The Petitioners presented their case on the basis of an infringement pertaining to the acquisition of land on the premise that such land would be utilized to serve a public purpose whereas, by this impugned executive or administrative action the land was knowingly, deliberately and manipulatively sold to a private entrepreneur to serve as an exclusive and private golf resort in Sri Lanka, one carrying a membership fee of Rs. 250,000.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jul 31, 2008
Judgment
13- Nanayakkara v. Choksy (John Keells Case)
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jun 26, 2008
Judgment
Huarte-Mendicoa v. Basque Parliament Act
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Country
- Spain
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jan 19, 2009
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
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
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
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Apr 10, 2019
Judgment
Attorney General v. Taylor
- Question Presented
- Whether the 2010 Electoral Amendment Act is inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act due to the provision disenfranchising prisoners
- Legal Issue(s)
- Judicial Independence
- Voter Registration
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Nov 9, 2019
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