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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
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 27, 2010
Judgment
Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott
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vote by
mail.
Otherwise, according to the district court, “our democracy and the
Republic would be lost and government of the people, by the people and for the
people
- 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
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jun 4, 2020
Judgment
Jupica vs Nec
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of Liberia, bordering the neighboring Republic of Guinea. There had
been an earlier report of an outbreak of the disease in the Republic of Guinea. Efforts to contain the
- Question Presented
- Whether the postponement of the Liberian elections to a date when the Ebola threat was still ongoing was unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- EMB Independence
- Health Concerns & Election Administration
- Country
- Liberia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jan 13, 2016
Judgment
Ramos Rojas v. Sanabria Chacón
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party is not valid because it “‘enshrin[es] provisions contrary to the Constitution and the laws of the Republic
- Question Presented
- Whether a political party’s internal rules on candidacy criteria relating to nepotism may nullify an election of one of its registered candidates if he violated the party rules but otherwise met the eligibility criteria set up in the Constitution or statutes.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Dec 3, 2020
Judgment
Odhiambo Oduol v. Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether petitioner’s affidavit verifying a video recording meets the evidentiary burden outlined in Section 107 of the Evidence Act relating to electronic evidence.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Kenya
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jun 5, 2013
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
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jan 21, 2010
Judgment
Rind v. Balochistan
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the qualifications
laid down under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of
Pakistan, 1973 (“Constitution”). The basis of this finding is that in the
general
- Question Presented
- Whether failure to disclose education was grounds for disqualifying the petitioner as a candidate.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Pakistan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Sep 19, 2018
Judgment
Party of Kosovo Serbs v. Serbian List
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Republic of Kosovo
Republika e Kosovës-Republika Kosova
Paneli Zgjedhor për Ankesa dhe Parashtresa
Izborni Panel za Zalbe i Predstavke
Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel
A.no.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Technology
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2019
Judgment
Pacolli v. Central Election Commission
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Republic of Kosovo
Republika e Kosovës-Republika Kosova
Paneli Zgjedhor për Ankesa dhe Parashtresa
Izborni Panel za Zalbe i Predstavke
Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel
A.no.
- Question Presented
- Whether the court may hear the merits of a complaint on the voting counts are most polling stations.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2019
Judgment
Levizja Vetevendosje v. Central Election Commission
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Republic of Kosovo
Republika e Kosovës-Republika Kosova
Paneli Zgjedhor për Ankesa dhe Parashtresa
Izborni Panel za Zalbe i Predstavke
Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel
A.no.
- Question Presented
- Whether the ballots postmarked well before the election, but not received by the CRC, must be counted as valid ballots.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 28, 2019
Judgment
Rucho v. Common Cause
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the body politic.” G. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early
Republic, 1789–1815, p. 140 (2009).
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RUCHO v. COMMON CAUSE
KAGAN, J., dissenting
- Question Presented
- Whether partisan issues such as gerrymandering are justiciable by the court.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jun 27, 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
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Feb 18, 2016
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
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Mar 3, 2009
Judgment
LVV Political Entity v. Central Election Commission
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Republic of Kosovo
Republika e Kosoves- Republika Kosova
Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel
Paneli Zgjedhor per Ankesa dhe Parashtresa
Izborni Panel za Zalbe i Predstavke
- Question Presented
- Whether the ballots declared invalid by the CRC were valid and should have been counted for in election totals?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 19, 2019
Judgment
BIRN v. Democratic League of Kosovo
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Republic of Kosovo
Republika e Kosoves-Republika Kosova
Paneli Zgjedhor për Ankesa dhe Parashtresa
Izborni Panel za Zalbe I Predstavke
Elections Complaints and Appeal Panel
Anr.
- Question Presented
- Whether the claimant met its evidentiary burden for determining that the respondent violated election law.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Social Media
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 6, 2019
Judgment
Nisma-Akr-PD v. Polling Station 211B
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Republic of Kosovo
Republika e Kosoves-Republika Kosova
Paneli Zgjedhor për Ankesa dhe Parashtresa
Izborni Panel za Zalbe I Predstavke
Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel
A.no.
- Question Presented
- Whether there is sufficient evidence to bar the election officials from participating in elections or election administration after they lost ballots.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Integrity
- EMB Operation
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2019
Judgment
PDK v. Central Election Commission
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Republic of Kosovo
Republika e Kosovës-Republika Kosova
Paneli Zgjedhor për Ankesa dhe Parashtresa
Izborni Panel za Zalbe i Predstavke
Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel
A.no.
- Question Presented
- Whether the technical omission from the Kosovo ballots warrants a recount prior to the final election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 18, 2019
Judgment
Review of the Constitutionality of Section Five of the Riigikogu Election Act
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3-4-1-3-17
SUPREME COURT
CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW CHAMBER
JUDGMENT
in the name of the Republic of Estonia
Case number
3-4-1-3-17
Date of judgment
18 May 2017
Composition of
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- May 18, 2017
Judgment
Sandhu v. Election Commission of Pakistan
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Petition No. 38790 of 2015) under Article 199 of the Constitution of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan (“the Constitution”). The learned Judge of
the High Court dismissed the
- Question Presented
- Whether a repoll is necessary due to an intervening crime.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Integrity
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Pakistan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- May 31, 2018
Judgment
Khuhro v. Khan
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disqualification as envisaged in Article 62(1)(f)
of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973
(‘the Constitution”) as well as provisions of the Election Act,
- Question Presented
- Whether misstatements on the candidate’s election papers are sufficient to declare an election void.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Pakistan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Aug 1, 2019
Judgment
Inkatha Freedom Party v. Independent Electoral Commission
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of section 1(d) of the Constitution one of the founding values
of our Republic is universal adult suffrage.
After all the objects of the commission are
- Question Presented
- Whether alleged electoral illegalities were sufficient to require an investigation into the election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jul 14, 2001
Judgment
Self Determination Movement v. CEP
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Republic of Kosovo
Republika e Kosoves-Republika Kosova
Paneli Zgjedhor për Ankesa dhe Parashtresa
Izborni Panel za Zalbe I Predstavke
Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel
A.no.
- Question Presented
- Whether the plaintiff sufficiently alleged that the irregularities in voting warranted renumbering the ballots.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 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
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jun 28, 2018
Judgment
In Re Case No. 9768, 9780 & 9828
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the claimant filed a complaint alleging forgery with the Attorney
General of the Republic (Procuraduría General de la República) on August 26, 1985, without any
apparent result
- 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
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- May 17, 1990
Judgment
Mutharika v. Chilima
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Constitution of the Republic of Malawi;
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(b)
whether the [2nd] Respondent breached its duty under section 77 ofthe
Constitution of the Republic of Malawi; and
- Question Presented
- Whether the standard that candidate must receive a majority of the votes means the highest percentage of votes or over 50%?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Voting Systems (Winner-take-all, proportional, etc.)
- Country
- Malawi
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- May 8, 2020
Judgment
59 Members of Parliament of Ukraine on the constitutionality of the provisions of Art.22.2 of the Parliamentary Elections Law of Ukraine concerning the equal allocation of foreign polling stations to all single-member constituencies
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on permanent basis; single-seat
electoral districts shall be formed in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblasts,
the cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol with approximately equal number
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- EMB Operation
- Country
- Ukraine
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Apr 4, 2012
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
- Election Type
- Local
- Date of decision
- May 14, 2017
Judgment
Domingo v. Commission on Elections
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On 10 February 2007, Republic Act No. 9369[33] took effect. Section 13
of Republic Act No. 9369 amended Section 11 of Republic Act No. 8436 and
renumbered
- Question Presented
- Whether there was sufficient evidence to conclude that the incumbent mayor prodded potential Board of Election Inspectors for the City?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- EMB Independence
- EMB Operation
- Country
- Phillippines
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Local
- Date of decision
- Dec 1, 1998
Judgment
Appeals declared by the Political Party "Dignity and Truth Platform" and the electoral candidate Andrei Năstase, by Political Party "Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova" and by the Electoral Council of the Chisinau Municipal Electoral District No. 1
Title
Platform" and the electoral candidate Andrei Năstase, by Political Party "Party of Socialists of the Republic
- Question Presented
- Whether the 2018 mayoral election in Chisinau were appropriately annulled due to violations of the electoral silence period on election day.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Social Media
- Country
- Moldova
- Language of Decision
- Romanian
- Election Type
- Local
- Date of decision
- Jun 25, 2018
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
- Election Type
- Municipal
- Date of decision
- Nov 1, 2015
Judgment