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Odinga v. IEBC
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Kenya as a sovereign Republic. They
urged that Kenya being a Republic, it must conduct itself and its elections
as a true Republic anchored on constitutional
- Question Presented
- Which party has the burden of proof to contest an election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Kenya
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 1, 2017
- Date added
- Jun 19, 2019
Judgment
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe v. ZANU-PF
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the then first secretary of the first respondent and sitting President of the Republic - Mr
Robert Gabriel Mugabe - resigned after an unintermpted thirty seven years
- Question Presented
- Should an interdict be ordered against the respondents for several coercion related activities towards children in schools?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 28, 2018
- Date added
- Jun 19, 2019
Judgment
Majumdar v. Information Commission
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MATTER OF:
An application under Article 102 (2) of the
Constitution of the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh
AND
IN THE MATTER OF
Badiul Alam Majumdar and others
--------Petitioners
- Question Presented
- Must the Election Commission provide information on parties' financial disclosures without obtaining their consent?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- EMB Independence
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 18, 2016
- Date added
- Jun 19, 2019
Judgment
Electoral Commission v. Malawi Congress Party
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REPUBLIC OF MALAWI
IN THE HIGH COURT OF MALAWI
LILONGWE DISTRICT REGISTRY
\
ELECTIONS CASE NO.7 OF 2019
BETWEEN:
THE STATE
-AND
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION........................
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Malawi
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date added
- Jun 19, 2019
Judgment
Presidential Petition on Local Government Council Election Act Amendment
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which the President of the Republic had refused to promulgate, with amendments. Proceeding from the
petition of the President of the Republic the Riigikogu decided to amend
- Question Presented
- Is the Local Government Council Election Act Amendment unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electronic Voting
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 1, 2005
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2019
Judgment
EVMs in 2005 German Elections
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German Bundestag and of the Members of the European Parliament from the
Federal Republic of Germany (Federal Voting Machine Ordinance (Bundeswahlgeräteverordnung – BWahlGV)) of 3
- Question Presented
- Was the use of EVMs in the elections erroneous and unconstitutional enough to annul the elections?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electronic Voting
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 3, 2009
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2019
Judgment
Kham v. Electoral Commission
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Constitution.
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New National Party of South Africa v Government of the Republic of South Africa and Others [1999] ZACC
5; 1999 (3) SA 191 (CC); 1999
- Question Presented
- Should elections be annulled when the IEC did not provide timely access to voter rolls to the petitioners before elections?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Voter Registration
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Nov 1, 2015
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2019
Judgment
National Elections Commission v. Brumskine
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IN THE HONOURABLE SUPREME COURT OF REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
SITTING IN ITS OCTOBER TERM, A. D. 2017
BEFORE HIS HONOR:
BEFORE HIS HONOR:
BEFORE HER HONOR:
BEFORE HIS HONOR:
- Question Presented
- Should elections be annulled when there were late openings of polls, changes of polling stations, inaccurate voter registration lists, and an absence of queue controllers?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Voter Registration
- Country
- Liberia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Dec 7, 2017
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2019
Judgment
Ochieng' v. Orange Democratic Movement
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Maxwel Ochieng’ & another v Orange Democratic Movement [2017] eKLR
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
POLITICAL PARTIES DISPUTES TRIBUNAL
COMPLAINT NO. 191 OF 2017 CONSOLIDATED
WITH COMPLAINT
- Question Presented
- Was the respondent's nomination free, fair, and credible? Should the election be annulled when the respondents locked themselves in a room with the ballot boxes and papers, preventing the petitioner from entering?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Kenya
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 14, 2017
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2019
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Quinn Leandro v. Jonas
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of the Election Rules.
New National Party of South Africa v Government of the Republic of
South Africa. (1995) 5 BCLR 489,mentioned.
4. Notwithstanding that late voting was
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 27, 2010
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2019
Judgment
My Vote Counts NPC v. Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
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political parties and independent candidates.
5
My Vote Counts NPC v President of the Republic of South Africa 2017 (6) SA 501 (WCC) (High Court
judgment).
6
2 of 2000
- Question Presented
- Is the current Promotion of Access to Information Act unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 21, 2018
- Date added
- Jun 28, 2019
Judgment
Elections on Trial: The Effective Management of Election Disputes and Violations
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Elections in the Republic of
Kosovo (LGE), Law no. 03/L-256 amending the Law no. 03/L-073 and the Law on Local Elections in the Republic of Kosovo Law
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
- Date added
- Jul 1, 2019
Resources
Electoral Justice: The International IDEA Handbook
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In the Czech Republic, the justices of the Constitutional Court (Ústavní
Soud) are appointed by the President of the Republic with the consent
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
- Date added
- Jul 2, 2019
Resources
When Are Elections Good Enough? Validating or Annulling Election Results
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546 (46.2 percent) polling stations
during the national audit. EU EAT, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Final Report Presidential Election, 42 (2014),
http://www.eueom.eu/files/dmfil
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Annulments
- Language
- English
- Date added
- Jul 2, 2019
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Electoral Justice Regulations Around the World: Key findings from International IDEA's global research on electoral dispute-resolution systems
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this
aspect of the research show that in only two countries (the Czech
Republic and Eritrea) is there no legislation criminalizing any type
of misconduct
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
- Date added
- Jul 2, 2019
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Measuring Effective Remedies for Fraud and Administrative Malpractice
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http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/turkey/219201.
50 Id.
51 ID.
52 Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain and the United
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Electoral Fraud
- Language
- English
- Date added
- Jul 2, 2019
Resources
Election Audits: International Principles that Protect Election Integrity
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ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN: PRESIDENTIAL AND PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 33 (2014), available at
http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/afghanistan/129761?download=true; EUEAT, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Audits
- Language
- English
- Date added
- Jul 2, 2019
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Election Audits: Principles and Practices
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html.
Republic of Kosovo Central Election Commission. 2010. “Law on Amending and Supplementing the Law
No. 03/L-073 on General Elections in the Republic of Kosovo
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Audits
- Language
- English
- Date added
- Jul 2, 2019
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Scrutiny in Electoral Disputes: A Kenyan Judicial Perspective
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computation and declared Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta as the
duly elected President of the Republic of Kenya.
While taking or not taking into consideration the rejected votes
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
- Date added
- Jul 2, 2019
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GUARDE: Directrices para la comprension y resolucion de conflictos electorales
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13-‐14 (2009) y Discussing 2006
presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, disponible en
http://www.ndi.org/files/Mediation_des_Conflicts_Electoraux_FRE.pdf.
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- Spanish
- Date added
- Jul 2, 2019
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GUARDE: Guidelines for Understanding, Adjudicating, and Resolving Disputes in Elections
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Burundi in 2005, in the Central African Republic in 2005, in Liberia in 2005-06, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2006, in Sudan
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
- Date added
- Jul 2, 2019
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Bangladesh 16th amendment ruling
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that
Bangladesh
is
a
“Republic”
and
we
must
always
propound it as a republic and nothing short of a
republic it is trust sense” (A
- 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
- Date of decision
- Jul 3, 2017
- Date added
- Jul 8, 2019
Judgment
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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Federal Re
public of Germany: France, German Democratic Republic, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- International Treaty
- Language
- English
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2019
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10- Perera v. Senarathe
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been replaced by the Republic of Sri Lanka and
therefore the 1st respondent by holding the contracts referred
to above with the Republic of Sri Lanka has
- 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
- Date of decision
- Dec 10, 1999
- Date added
- Jul 12, 2019
Judgment
SUP RAP 0173 2018
Summary
Institute (INE), which determined that the aspiring independent candidate to the Presidency of the Republic
- 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
- Date of decision
- Apr 9, 2018
- Date added
- Jul 16, 2019
Judgment
Mavedzenge v. Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
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referred the court to the case of New National Party v Government
of the Republic of South Africa and Ors 1999 (3) SA 191 (CC) in which the South African
- Question Presented
- Applicant seeks declaration of constitutional invalidity of Electoral Act section 192(6), particularly striking the phrase "approved by the Minister" from the provision. Is the Minister's approval requirement tantamount to the ZEC being subject to his direction and control?
- Legal Issue(s)
- EMB Independence
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 31, 2018
- Date added
- Jul 16, 2019
Judgment
Unfair Advantage: The Abuse of State Resources in Elections
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European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM), Final Report: Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka, Parliamentary Elections 18-19 (2015).
49
See Transparency Int’l,
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Language
- English
- Date added
- Jul 22, 2019
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Bush v. Gore
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” D. Loth, Chief Justice John Marshall and The
Growth of the American Republic 365 (1948). But we do
risk a self-inflicted wound—a wound that may harm
- 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
- Date of decision
- Dec 12, 2000
- Date added
- Jul 22, 2019
Judgment
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
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officials accountable to the people. See
Buckley, supra, at 14–15 (“In a republic where the people
are sovereign, the ability of the citizenry to make informed
- Question Presented
- 1) Did the Supreme Court's decision in McConnell resolve all constitutional as-applied challenges to the BCRA when it upheld the disclosure requirements of the statute as constitutional? 2) Do the BCRA's disclosure requirements impose an unconstitutional burden when applied to electioneering requirements because they are protected "political speech" and not subject to regulation as "campaign speech"? 3) If a communication lacks a clear plea to vote for or against a particular candidate, is it subject to regulation under the BCRA? 4) Should a feature length documentary about a candidate for political office be treated like the advertisements at issue in McConnell and therefore be subject to regulation under the BCRA?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 21, 2010
- Date added
- Jul 22, 2019
Judgment
APDH v. Cote d'Ivoire
Alleged Acts
The plaintiff alleges that allowance of the a person representative of the President of the Republic
- 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
- Date of decision
- Nov 18, 2016
- Date added
- Aug 1, 2019
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