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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
Judgment
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been replaced by the Republic of Sri Lanka and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
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
- Date of decision
- Apr 4, 2012
Judgment
Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed
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of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
The Arab Republic of Egypt
The Presidency of the Republic
_____
Official Gazette
Price: EGP 3
Issue No. 9
(Bis)
- Question Presented
- Where the constituency representation scheme violates the reasonableness standard.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Integrity
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 15, 2015
Judgment
ACHPR Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania
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the United Republic of Tanzania. He brings his application in his
personal capacity, as a national of the Republic.
3.
The Respondent is the United Republic of Tanzania
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- Regional Jurisprudence
- Violation of an International Treaty
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- English
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Ali v. David
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National Assembly have not been
appointed. The Constitution1 professes the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to be
a democratic sovereign State2, and elections that are free, fair
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- Election Dispute Resolution
- Regional Jurisprudence
- Language
- English
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Aliyev v. Azerbaijan
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date:
PROCEDURE
1. The case originated in an application (no. 18705/06) against the
Republic of Azerbaijan lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the
Convention for the
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Regional Jurisprudence
- Violation of an International Treaty
- Language
- English
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Alternative Dispute Resolution in Elections: Practitioner Brief
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in the Republic of Zambia - Preliminary
Statement. (2016, August 13). https://www.eisa.org/pdf/zam2016eom0.pdf
European Union election observation mission final report: Republic of Zambia
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- Election Dispute Resolution
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- English
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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
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
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
- Date of decision
- Jun 25, 2018
Judgment
Atakishi v. Azerbaijan
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date:
PROCEDURE
1. The case originated in an application (no. 18469/06) against the
Republic of Azerbaijan lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the
Convention for the
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- Regional Jurisprudence
- Violation of an International Treaty
- Language
- English
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Attorney General v. Taylor
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possibility of paying compensation: European Convention on Human
Rights Act 2003 (Republic of Ireland), s 5.
Taylor (CA), above n 4, at [66].
Mandic v Cornwall
- 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
- Date of decision
- Nov 9, 2019
Judgment
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network BIRN Internews and Kosova v. Serbian List
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of Republic of Kosovo, Panel finds it unsustainable
because of the Transitional Provisions for Assembly of Kosovo, in Article 148 paragraph
1 of Constitution of Republic of
- Question Presented
- Whether the Serbian List's election spot violated the Election Code such that it incited hatred or violence.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Social Media
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 27, 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
Judgment
Barthelemy v. President of the Republic of Vanuatu
Applicable Law(s)
Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu: Articles 53, 21, 28, 39, 40, 43, 66, 67
- 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
- Improper Practices
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Date of decision
- Sep 9, 2022
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Bench Book on Electoral Dispute Resolution
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RESOLUTION
XXXV
Republic v IEBC & Another Ex Parte CORD [2017] eKLR (HC)
Republic v IEBC Ex-Parte Charles Olari Chebet [2013] eKLR (HC)
Republic v IEBC &
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Judicial Independence
- Legal Frameworks
- Regional Jurisprudence
- Language
- English
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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
- Date of decision
- Oct 6, 2019
Judgment
Budding Democracy or Judicialisation: Lessons from Africa’s Emerging Electoral Jurisprudence
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President, Africa Judges and Jurists Forum (AJJF),
Retired Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya and former
President of the Supreme Court of Kenya
CHAPTER 1
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Annulments
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
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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
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Campos v. Ecuador
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the Republic of Ecuador of August 11, 1998 (file of annexes to the answering brief,
tome I, folio 3365).
40
Cf. Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Judicial Independence
- Regional Jurisprudence
- Language
- English
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Chester v. Secretary of State for Justice
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C-6/90 Francovich v Italian Republic [1992]
IRLR 84 and Joined Cases C-46/93 and C-48/93 Brasserie du Pecheur SA v
Federal Republic of Germany and R v
- Legal Issue(s)
- Judicial Independence
- Voter Registration
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 16, 2013
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Chiafalo v. Washington
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Jefferson, whom he loathed but viewed as less of an existential
threat to the Republic.) By then, everyone had had enough
of the Electoral College’s original voting rules
- 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
Judgment
Chilima v. Mutharika (lower court decision)
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Constitution of the Republic of Malawi;
(b) Whether the [2nd] Respondent breached its duty under Section 77 of the
Constitution of the Republic of Malawi; and,
- Question Presented
- Whether the Electoral Commission breach its duty under section 76, 77, and 40 of the Constitution of Malawi. These duties include ensuring the absence of electoral irregularities, illegalities, and failed provide proper oversight and verification.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- EMB Operation
- Country
- Malawi
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 3, 2020
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
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Cybersecurity in Elections: Developing a Holistic Exposure and Adaptation Testing (HEAT) Process for Election Management Bodies
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opening up the process to
accusations of foreign interference. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is currently facing
controversy over its procurement of EVMs
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Electoral Fraud
- Language
- English
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Decision 207183
Procedural history
The applicant then appealed to the Republic Election Commission, which rejected his appeal.
- 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
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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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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
- Date of decision
- Dec 1, 1998
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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
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