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Title | Date added | Date modified | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision | Legal Issue and/or Topic | Language |
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Zimbabwe Election Resource Centre Trust v. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission | Jul 8, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must furnish voter rolls under the Zimbabwe Constitution. |
| Zimbabwe |
| Jun 6, 2018 | ||
Zdanoka v. Latvia | Aug 5, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Zambrano Castro v. National Electoral Council | Sep 13, 2022 | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the rejection of an applicant’s mayoral candidacy should be overturned because he initiated a lawsuit to revoke disciplinary sanctions against him, thereby potentially qualifying him for a “pending lawsuit” exception as outlined in Article 100, Paragraph 8 of the General Code of Procedure. |
| Colombia |
| Oct 29, 2020 | ||
Yusuf v. INEC | Jun 2, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the respondent was not duly elected in the election and the re-run of the election. |
| Nigeria |
| Jan 20, 2020 | ||
Yushchenko vs CEC | Jun 17, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment |
| Ukraine |
| Dec 3, 2004 | |||
Yumak & Sadak v. Turkey | Jul 15, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Yang v. Kellner | Sep 17, 2020 | Sep 17, 2020 | Judgment | Whether removal of the candidates from the primary ballots after the termination of their campaign violates the voter’s right to elect the candidate of their choosing. |
| United States of America |
| May 5, 2020 | ||
Wong Souk Yee v. Attorney General | Jul 1, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Prime Minister had a duty to fill the vacancy in a Group Representation Constituency. |
| Singapore |
| Apr 10, 2019 | ||
Wisconsin Legislature v. Evers (state Supreme Court Decision, please see United States Supreme Court order on the application for stay) | Jun 2, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Governor may suspend election laws two days before the election? |
| United States of America |
| Apr 6, 2020 | ||
Winnemucca v. United States | Jun 19, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the election of the Council Chairman and the Bureau of Indian Affairs’s nonrecognition of the new government is reviewable by the courts. |
| United States of America |
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When Are Elections Good Enough? Validating or Annulling Election Results | Jul 2, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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When Are Elections Good Enough? Validating or Annulling Election Results | Jul 22, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Western Native Voice v. Stapleton | Oct 9, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Ballot Interference Prevention Act violates the Plaintiff’s right to vote, right to free speech, right to association, and due process. |
| United States of America |
| Sep 25, 2020 | ||
Wendenberg v. Netherlands | Jul 24, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether an electoral bribe must be for the amount promised in order to be a criminal offense. |
| Netherlands |
| Apr 9, 2019 | ||
Wale v. Attorney-General | Jan 31, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Judgment | (1) Whether an unregistered party is considered a “non-contesting party” and is thus prohibited from forming a coalition with registered parties or independent groups in Parliament. (2) Whether the party registration requirement under the Political Party law to prove a certain number of registered voters support the formation of a party interferes with the voluntary nature of political parties and is a violation of the constitutional rights to freedom of association and assembly? |
| Solomon Islands | Nov 14, 2014 | |||
VerfGH Thuringia, 07/15/2020 - VerfGH 2/20 | Oct 19, 2021 | Oct 19, 2021 | Judgment | Is a gender quota statute constitutional? |
| Germany |
| Jul 15, 2020 | ||
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23. October 2020 - VfGBbg 55/19 | Oct 19, 2021 | Oct 19, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the gender quota under the Parity Act is constitutional |
| Germany |
| Oct 23, 2020 | ||
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23 October 2020 - VfGBbg 9/19 | Oct 19, 2021 | Oct 19, 2021 | Judgment | Are gender quotas constitutional? |
| Germany |
| Oct 23, 2020 | ||
Ventose v. Chief Electoral Officer | Jul 10, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Uzodinma v. Ihedioha | Jun 2, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the votes administered on incorrect ballots were improperly considered void. Whether the Governor failed to ascertain a majority vote based upon those results. |
| Nigeria |
| Jan 14, 2020 | ||
US v. Philadelphia | Jul 8, 2019 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Did the city of Philadelphia's polling sites comply with the ADA and other guidelines to ensure accessible polling places? |
| United States of America |
| Apr 16, 2009 | ||
Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Jul 10, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Union NSW v. New South Wales | Jun 9, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether Election Code s 96D, and 95G6 are inconsistent with the Australia Constitution. |
| Australia |
| Dec 13, 2013 | ||
Unfair Advantage: The Abuse of State Resources in Elections | Jul 22, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Trump for President, Inc. v. Boockvar | Dec 28, 2020 | Dec 28, 2020 | Judgment | Whether it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution for Pennsylvania to give counties the discretion to adopt "notice and cure" policies (to provide notice to voters whose mail-in ballots were procedurally defective and an opportunity to cure their ballots). |
| United States of America |
| Nov 21, 2020 | ||
Toplak & Mrak v. Slovenia | Jun 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | Judgment | Whether Slovenia violated Arts. 3, 14 of Protocol No. 1 that guarentees free elections and non-discrimination |
| Slovenia |
| Oct 26, 2010 | ||
Together for the Change Without Formalizing Candidacies | Jul 7, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the when there is a vacancy in the candidate list and a legal framework for alternating candidate gender on the ballot, the substitute must be of the same gender as the deceased. |
| Argentina |
| Nov 12, 2019 | ||
Timba v. Electoral Commission | Jun 28, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment |
| Zimbabwe |
| Jan 9, 2014 | |||
Thompson v. Hebdon | Jun 8, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether Alaska's $500 contribution limit violates the Fourteenth Amendment |
| United States of America |
| Nov 25, 2019 | ||
The Right to Participate in the Government of One's Country in the Context of an Election Held During a Public Health Emergency or a Pandemic, Such as the COVID-19 Crisis, No. 001/2020, Advisory Opinion, African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights [Afr. Ct. H.P.R.] (July 16, 2021). | Jul 26, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 | Resources |
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The Resolution of Election Disputes: Legal Principles That Control Election Challenges | Jul 22, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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The Representation Of The People Act v The Election Petitions Act, etal | Jun 26, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether there is sufficient evidence to declare the 1997 elections void? |
| Jamaica |
| May 28, 1998 | ||
The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia v. The Harari Peoples’ Regional State, Harari National Congress | Oct 19, 2021 | Oct 19, 2021 | Judgment | 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. |
| Ethiopia |
| May 27, 2021 | ||
The Hierarchy of Laws: Understanding and Implementing the Legal Frameworks that Govern Elections | Jul 2, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott | Jun 10, 2020 | Oct 8, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a disability under Texas law sufficient to modify the vote-by-mail system. |
| United States of America |
| Jun 4, 2020 | ||
Tchimon v. Issouf | Jul 22, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether violence and disturbance against voters at polling centers took place and whether the elected candidate (defendant) was aware/ responsible for these violations? Whether these violations at the polling stations altered the fairness of the polls on election day? |
| Ivory Coast |
| Nov 30, 2018 | ||
Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania | Aug 1, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Tanzania regulation prohibiting independent candidates from seeking public office is unconstitutional? |
| Tanzania. United Republic of |
| Jun 14, 2019 | ||
Tanase v. Moldova | Aug 5, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Tan Chen Bock v. Attorney General | Jul 1, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the reserved election clause solely permits choosing from the terms of office of Presidents elected by the citizens, or also includes those chosen by Parliament. |
| Singapore |
| Aug 23, 2017 | ||
Tabar v. Wong | Jul 16, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the petitioner met the evidentiary burden for a electoral bribery claim? |
| Papua New Guinea |
| Jan 18, 2018 | ||
Szuchewycz v. Attorney General | Jun 23, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the provision on which the candidate’s registration were denied are in violation of the Charter. |
| Canada |
| Oct 25, 2017 | ||
Swamy v. Election Commission | Jun 28, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Are current EVMs up to international standards? Is a paper trail/receipt necessary in electronic voting? |
| India |
| Oct 8, 2013 | ||
Suryadharma Ali & M. Romahurmuziy v. General Election Commission | Jul 15, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Did the General Election Commission (KPU) violate the Legislative Election Law by eliminating a political party’s proposed candidate list with total women candidates that did not meet 30 percent gender quota as stipulated by the law? |
| Indonesia |
| Jun 3, 2013 | ||
Surunuddin Dangga & Muchtar Silondae v. General Election Commission of South Konawe | Jul 15, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Regional General Election Commission (KPU) of South Konawe manipulated the official results “systematically, structurally, and massively” while conducting the vote counting for the regional head election? |
| Indonesia |
| Aug 10, 2010 | ||
Supreme Court of Samoa, Faatuatua I Le Atua Samoa Ua Tasi (F.A.S.T. Party) v. Electoral Commissioner | Oct 19, 2021 | Oct 19, 2021 | Judgment | 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. |
| Samoa |
| May 14, 2021 | ||
SUP-REP-16/2016 Y SUP-REP-22/2016 ACUMULADOS | Oct 26, 2021 | Oct 26, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the Green Party of Mexico and various famous persons were rightfully sanctioned for alleged campaign violations. |
| Mexico |
| Apr 20, 2016 | ||
SUP RAP 0749 2017 | Jul 16, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | The Electoral Tribunal considered that the pre-opening of ballot boxes for the identification of improperly deposited ballots by citizens on Election Day exceeds the attributions of the National Electoral Institute, and trespasses the principles of legislative power, legal certainty and safety, by modifying the scrutiny and count procedure, as well as of the transfer of electoral packages. |
| Mexico |
| Feb 14, 2018 | ||
SUP RAP 726 2017 | Jun 19, 2019 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Political parties and coalitions must register indigenous peoples´ representatives as candidates in at least 13 electoral districts |
| Mexico |
| Dec 14, 2017 | ||
SUP RAP 0173 2018 | Jul 16, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | 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. |
| Mexico |
| Apr 9, 2018 | ||
SUP RAP 0042 2018 | Jul 16, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Mexico |
| Mar 22, 2018 | |||
State of Washington v. Facebook, Inc. | Sep 13, 2022 | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | Whether Facebook violated election law by not maintaining records of their political advertising and failing to make those records available to the public. |
| United States of America |
| Jun 8, 2018 | ||
Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij v. the Netherlands | Aug 9, 2024 | Aug 9, 2024 | Judgment | Whether religiously affiliated parties can exclude women from running as candidates on the grounds that forcing the party to host women candidates violates its freedom of religious expression, as it believes women are unsuited for public office? |
| Netherlands |
| Jul 10, 2012 | ||
Srpska Radikalna Stranka v. Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jul 8, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the the PEC's decision to bar the Serb Radical Party from the elections for not meeting the conditions is reviewable by the the court. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Jan 1, 2000 | ||
Siwale v. Electoral Commission of Zambia | Aug 7, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Can the referendum proceed without being voted on as a bill as constitutionally required? |
| Zambia |
| Feb 14, 2018 | ||
Sitaropoulos v. Greece | Jul 14, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Sinnott v. Minister for the Environment | Jun 11, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the plaintiff's inability to cast a secret ballot based on his visual impairment violated his right to vote. |
| Ireland |
| Mar 30, 2017 | ||
Shura Council Speaker's request for constitutional review of the drafted law. | Jul 6, 2020 | Aug 5, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the proposed provisions are constitutional. |
| Egypt |
| Feb 13, 2013 | ||
Shura Council Speaker request for constitutional review of the draft law regulating the exercise of political rights. | Jul 6, 2020 | Aug 5, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the draft law adheres to the current constitutional political protections. |
| Egypt |
| May 26, 2013 | ||
Shashi Tharoor v. Ashok Kumar & Ors | Jun 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | Judgment | Did AI deepfake videos interfere with elections to a high enough degree to require an injunction? |
| India |
| May 8, 2026 | ||
Shanmugam v. India | Jul 8, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Election Commission of India may cancel or postpone elections based on the conduct and criminal actions of candidate. |
| India |
| Apr 17, 2019 | ||
Self Determination Movement v. CEP | May 22, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the plaintiff sufficiently alleged that the irregularities in voting warranted renumbering the ballots. |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 10, 2019 | ||
Seawright v. Board of Elections & In re Hawatmeh v. State Board of Elections | Jul 27, 2020 | Oct 8, 2020 | Judgment | Whether late filings during the COVID-9 pandemic constitute unique circumstances that would permit remedy of the fatal defect when otherwise not provide in law. |
| United States of America |
| May 21, 2020 | ||
Scrutiny in Electoral Disputes: A Kenyan Judicial Perspective | Jul 2, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Sardelli v. Almeida | Jul 9, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the President may file a criminal electoral complaint against a private citizen. |
| Brazil |
| Aug 14, 2003 | ||
Sandhu v. Election Commission of Pakistan | Jun 30, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a repoll is necessary due to an intervening crime. |
| Pakistan |
| May 31, 2018 | ||
Samuel v. Chief Electoral Officer et al. | Jan 24, 2024 | Jan 24, 2024 | Judgment | (1) Whether Chief Electoral Officer (“CEO”) erred in rejecting a candidate’s request for a re-count due to a close mayoral race with 3,25% of vote difference and alleged violations? (2) Whether the refusal to add a name of a voter to the voter registry beyond the deadline for voter registration can be raised as a class action to protect the rights of voters? |
| Marshall Islands |
| Aug 31, 2018 | ||
Samadbayli v. Azerbaijan | Sep 3, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Safeguarding Health and Elections | Jul 6, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Safeguarding Health and Elections | Jul 6, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Safeguarding Health and Elections | Jul 6, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Sabha Primary Court Case #8 | Jun 19, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Should elections be annulled when multiple irregularities occurred related to polling date announcements, voters lists, infrastructure, coercion, and vote-buying? |
| Libya |
| Apr 27, 2019 | ||
Rucho v. Common Cause | May 22, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether partisan issues such as gerrymandering are justiciable by the court. |
| United States of America |
| Jun 27, 2019 | ||
Ronan v. Regional Electoral Office | Jul 9, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the business entity was formed for the candidate to utilize the funds as illegal campaign funds |
| Brazil |
| May 14, 2019 | ||
Roeskan Effendi & Rohidin Mersyah v. General Election Commission of South Bengkulu | Jul 15, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Did the General Election Commission (KPU) of South Bengkulu manipulate the official result “systematically, structurally, and massively” by conducting dishonest and unfair vote counting? |
| Indonesia |
| Jan 8, 2009 | ||
Rind v. Balochistan | Jun 30, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether failure to disclose education was grounds for disqualifying the petitioner as a candidate. |
| Pakistan |
| Sep 19, 2018 | ||
Rideout v. Gardner | Aug 19, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a prohibition of a photograph of a completed ballot violates the First Amendment? |
| United States of America |
| Aug 11, 2015 | ||
Review of the Constitutionality of Section Five of the Riigikogu Election Act | Jun 26, 2020 | Oct 9, 2021 | Judgment |
| Estonia |
| May 18, 2017 | |||
Responsibility for the Violation of Electoral Law: Manual for Members of Commissions, Police, Investigators, and Judges | Jul 22, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Resolving Election Disputes in the OSCE Area: Towards a Standard Election Dispute Monitoring System | Jul 17, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Resolução nº 22.610, de 25 de outubro de 2007 | Jun 17, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether elected officials crossing party lines after ascertaining political office violates Brazil's electoral code? |
| Brazil |
| Oct 25, 2007 | ||
Republication National Commitee v. Democratic National Committe (Wisconsin) | Jun 2, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether absentee ballots must be postmarked by the original election date. |
| United States of America |
| Apr 6, 2020 | ||
Re Culleton | Jun 9, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Nigeria |
| Jan 31, 2017 | |||
Ramos Rojas v. Sanabria Chacón | Sep 13, 2022 | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | 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. |
| Colombia |
| Dec 3, 2020 | ||
Ram v. Attorney General | Jul 7, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Raatsin for the Declaration of Invalidity of the Voting Results of the Riigikogu Elections of 2011 | Jun 26, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Estonia |
| Mar 23, 2011 | |||
Presidential Petition on Local Government Council Election Act Amendment | Jun 20, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Is the Local Government Council Election Act Amendment unconstitutional? |
| Estonia |
| Sep 1, 2005 | ||
Preserving Electoral Integrity During an Infodemic | Jul 6, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Prabowo Subianto & Sandiaga Salahudin Uno v. General Election Commission | Jul 15, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Did the General Election Commission (KPU) violate the General Elections Code while conducting the vote count for the 2019 presidential election? |
| Indonesia |
| Jun 27, 2019 | ||
Prabowo Subianto & Hatta Rajasa v. General Election Commission | Jul 15, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Did the General Election Commission (KPU) violate the Presidential Election Law while conducting the vote count for the 2014 presidential election? |
| Indonesia |
| Aug 21, 2014 | ||
Prabowo Subianto & Hatta Rajasa v. General Election Commission | Jul 15, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Did the General Election Commission (KPU) violate the Presidential Election Law while conducting the vote count for the 2014 presidential election? |
| Indonesia |
| Aug 21, 2014 | ||
Popular Parliamentary Group of Congress of Deputies (Review of Law) | Jul 23, 2019 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the ballot parity is sufficiently remedied in the voter pool. Whether such quotas are constitutional. |
| Spain |
| Feb 29, 2008 | ||
Polluaas for Annulment of Electronic Votes Cast in the Riigikogu Elections 2011 | Jun 26, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment |
| Estonia |
| Mar 23, 2011 | |||
Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners v. Independent Electoral Commission | Feb 17, 2021 | Feb 17, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the municipal government elections for four wards in the George Local Municipality should be annulled due to alleged wrongs and irregularities in the voting and counting procedures. |
| South Africa |
| Jan 5, 2021 | ||
People's Democratic Party v. Degi Eremienyo | Jun 2, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Nigeria |
| Feb 13, 2020 | |||
PDK v. Central Election Commission | May 21, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the technical omission from the Kosovo ballots warrants a recount prior to the final election results. |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 18, 2019 | ||
Party of Kosovo Serbs v. Serbian List | May 22, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 10, 2019 | |||
PAN v. PRI (SM JIN 0035 2015) | Aug 7, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Governor's presence and irregularities are sufficient to annul the election results. |
| Mexico |
| Aug 4, 2017 | ||
Palmer v. Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) | Oct 14, 2022 | Oct 14, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the practice of disclosing the indicative two-candidate preferred count (“Indicative TCP”) prior to the closing of all polling sites in the country by the Australian Election Commission (AEC) influenced the voters’ choice and undermined the impartiality or perception of impartiality of the Commission, therefore violating the election law and the Constitution. |
| Australia |
| Aug 14, 2019 | ||
Pacolli v. Central Election Commission | May 22, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the court may hear the merits of a complaint on the voting counts are most polling stations. |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 10, 2019 | ||
Ospina Carballo v. Restrepo Gallego | Sep 13, 2022 | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | Whether a candidate in the Departmental Assembly of Valle del Cauca gubernatorial election is eligible to be allocated a seat as Deputy even if he or she won fewer votes than the “blank vote option,” which won the second highest number of votes. |
| Colombia |
| Nov 5, 2020 | ||
Ortiz Daza v. Act Declaring the Election of Candelo Riascos | Sep 13, 2022 | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | Whether a candidate is permitted to endorse a candidate from another party (“double militancy”) when he receives express permission or derogation from his own party to do so, despite the provision in law that prohibits this practice. |
| Colombia |
| Dec 10, 2020 | ||
Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj | Jul 23, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Were irregularities related to voter registration significant enough to annul the elections? Which approach should be followed in determining electoral irregularities? |
| Canada |
| Oct 25, 2012 | ||
Opendi v. Electoral Commission | Jul 24, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the invalidation of seventeen polling station results is sufficient grounds to annul the election results. |
| Uganda |
| Sep 23, 2011 | ||
Odinga, et. al v. Ruto | Aug 9, 2024 | Aug 9, 2024 | Judgment | 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? |
| Kenya |
| Sep 5, 2022 | ||
Odinga v. IEBC | Jun 19, 2019 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Which party has the burden of proof to contest an election? |
| Kenya |
| Sep 1, 2017 | ||
Odhiambo Oduol v. Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission | Sep 14, 2022 | Sep 14, 2022 | Judgment | Whether petitioner’s affidavit verifying a video recording meets the evidentiary burden outlined in Section 107 of the Evidence Act relating to electronic evidence. |
| Kenya |
| Jun 5, 2013 | ||
Ochieng' v. Orange Democratic Movement | Jun 20, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | 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? |
| Kenya |
| May 14, 2017 | ||
Obradovic v. Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jul 8, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the plaintiff's dismissal from the military banned him from participating in the General Election? |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Oct 10, 2003 | ||
O’Rourke v. Dominion Voting Systems, Inc | Nov 30, 2021 | Nov 30, 2021 | Judgment | Whether to impose sanctions on the Plaintiff's attorneys for filing frivolous litigation. |
| United States of America |
| Aug 3, 2021 | ||
Núñez de Armas v. Magdaniel Hernández | Sep 13, 2022 | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | Whether a candidate must resign from his administrative position twelve months from the date of his registration as a candidate or twelve months from the date of the election to be eligible to run as a candidate. |
| Colombia |
| Dec 16, 2020 | ||
Nmalamuwomu v. Shadrack | Jan 31, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Judgment | Whether the filing deadline for an election petition alleging vote buying made up to and on polling day runs for 21 days after the alleged payment,, or 21 days after the election result is released in the Official Gazette?. |
| Vanuatu | Jun 24, 2020 | |||
Nisma-Akr-PD v. Polling Station 211B | May 21, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether there is sufficient evidence to bar the election officials from participating in elections or election administration after they lost ballots. |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 10, 2019 | ||
Ngandu v. Congo | Sep 9, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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New Nation Movement NPC and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa | Jun 11, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the requirement of political party membership for candidate eligibility is constitutional. |
| South Africa |
| Jun 11, 2020 | ||
National Elections Commission v. Siebo | Sep 16, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the respondent lost his right to appeal the Review Panel rejection of his application when he failed to meet the Election Commission’s deadline. |
| Liberia |
| Sep 19, 2017 | ||
National Elections Commission v. Brumskine | Jun 20, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | 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? |
| Liberia |
| Dec 7, 2017 | ||
My Vote Counts NPC v. Minister of Justice and Correctional Services | Jun 28, 2019 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Is the current Promotion of Access to Information Act unconstitutional? |
| South Africa |
| Jun 21, 2018 | ||
Mwiru v. Samson | Jul 24, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the respondent’s education failed to meet the requirements for candidacy. If so, whether the respondent’s election as a Member of Parliament should be annulled. |
| Uganda |
| Jun 28, 2011 | ||
Mutharika v. Chilima | Jun 8, 2020 | Nov 19, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the standard that candidate must receive a majority of the votes means the highest percentage of votes or over 50%? |
| Malawi |
| May 8, 2020 | ||
Mustapha v. Attorney General of Guyana | Jul 7, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Mustafa v. Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces | Jul 6, 2020 | Aug 5, 2021 | Judgment | Whether closed party lists and a first past the post system discriminates against independent candidates? |
| Egypt |
| Jun 14, 2012 | ||
MOREA v. Party of Institutional Revolutionary (SUP 2015 REP 544 499367) | Aug 7, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the dissemination of campaign materials on twitter accounts of candidate and alternate candidates violate the electoral silence laws? |
| Mexico |
| Apr 20, 2016 | ||
Monroy Hernandez v. Molano Granados | Oct 14, 2022 | Oct 14, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the election of a municipal elected official should be nullified and/or her candidacy deemed ineligible on charges of nepotism due to her father holding a government position, which exercised administrative authority, within twelve months of her election even if there is no proof that he used or abused his position to further her candidacy. |
| Colombia |
| Mar 12, 2020 | ||
Mohamed v. Chairman of High Elections Commission | Jul 6, 2020 | Aug 5, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the elections of the Shura Council, Upper House, exceed the bodies authority and whether and actions taken by the body are consequently unconstitutional. |
| Egypt |
| Jun 3, 2013 | ||
Mexico SUP JDC 304 2018 | Jul 16, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | The High Chamber of the confirmed the validity of the candidacy of two transgender people (muxes in the state of Oaxaca) to occupy public posts reserved for women and revoked the registration of 15 male candidates. |
| Mexico |
| Jun 21, 2018 | ||
Medina Padilla v. Aguilar Hurtado | Sep 13, 2022 | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | Whether an election should be annulled because the elected candidate received an endorsement from registered members of a political party, along with some of that party’s militants, other than the candidate’s registered party. |
| Colombia |
| Aug 20, 2020 | ||
Mediation and Post Election Litigation: A Way Forward | Jul 17, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Measuring Effective Remedies for Fraud and Administrative Malpractice | Jul 2, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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McEwing v. Attorney General | Jun 23, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the phone calls had any impact on the final election results and if those results were sufficient to annul the election results. |
| Canada |
| May 23, 2013 | ||
Mavedzenge v. Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs | Jul 16, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | 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? |
| Zimbabwe |
| May 31, 2018 | ||
Maurin v. France | Jun 28, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Did the candidate violate campaign finance laws when he filed his campaign accounts late and failed to file certain expenses and financial notebooks? |
| France |
| Feb 1, 2019 | ||
Masumba v. Kamondo | Sep 13, 2022 | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the respondent was properly elected as a Member of Parliament on account of allegations made against him by the appellant of illegal acts or misconduct (i.e., defamation or inflammatory statements, intimidation and violence, and undue influence) during the campaign period. |
| Zambia |
| Nov 17, 2017 | ||
Marube Ombeta, Kamotho Njenga v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission | Sep 13, 2022 | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | 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. |
| Kenya |
| Jun 13, 2022 | ||
Manuel de Capitalisation des Bonnes Pratiques en Matière de Contentieux Électoral dans l'Espace Francophone | Dec 22, 2021 | Dec 22, 2021 | Resources |
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Majumdar v. Information Commission | Jun 19, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Must the Election Commission provide information on parties' financial disclosures without obtaining their consent? |
| Bangladesh |
| Feb 18, 2016 | ||
Madhav Prasad Paudel and others vs Office of the PM, Local development Ministry, Election Commission Nepal et. al | Jan 13, 2023 | Jan 13, 2023 | Judgment | Whether the failure to hold local elections due to the absence of the required legal framework violates the right to periodic elections during the interim constitutional period. Whether the conduct of local government affairs by non-elected government employees violates the Local Self Government Act. |
| Nepal |
| Nov 7, 2012 | ||
LVV Political Entity v. Central Election Commission | May 21, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the ballots declared invalid by the CRC were valid and should have been counted for in election totals? |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 19, 2019 | ||
Levizja Vetevendosje v. Central Election Commission | May 22, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the ballots postmarked well before the election, but not received by the CRC, must be counted as valid ballots. |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 28, 2019 | ||
Lessons on the Use of Technology in Elections | Nov 8, 2023 | Nov 8, 2023 | Resources |
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Lessons on Disinformation and Election Disputes | Nov 7, 2023 | Nov 8, 2023 | Resources |
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Legal Considerations When Delaying or Adapting Elections | Jul 6, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Legal Considerations when Delaying or Adapting Elections | Jul 29, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Ledezma Acosta v. Ausecha Ordóñez and Armando Guevara Bravo | Sep 13, 2022 | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | Whether a candidate’s disqualification from running in an election should affect the eligibility of all the candidates on the political party’s candidate list, since as a result of the disqualification the entire list did not meet the gender quota minimum required by law. |
| Colombia |
| Sep 17, 2020 | ||
Labita v. Italy | Aug 5, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Kyewalabye v. Electoral Commission | Jul 24, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the plaintiff has the evidentiary burden to contest the election results. |
| Uganda |
| Oct 3, 2016 | ||
Kosovo Police v. Mustafa | May 20, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a candidate violated the Law of General Elections prohibition on taking advantage of a public employee during a campaign period when the candidate used photo of the Kosovo Police Chief? |
| Kosovo |
| May 10, 2019 | ||
Kitute v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission | Aug 9, 2024 | Aug 9, 2024 | Judgment | Is electronic evidence submitted in support of allegations of election fraud subject to the Evidence Act, which requires authentication or certification by an appropriate authority or expert? |
| Kenya |
| Nov 6, 2017 | ||
King v. Whitmer | Nov 29, 2021 | Nov 30, 2021 | Judgment | 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. |
| United States of America |
| Aug 25, 2021 | ||
Khuhro v. Khan | Jun 30, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether misstatements on the candidate’s election papers are sufficient to declare an election void. |
| Pakistan |
| Aug 1, 2019 | ||
Kham v. Electoral Commission | Jun 20, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Should elections be annulled when the IEC did not provide timely access to voter rolls to the petitioners before elections? |
| South Africa |
| Nov 1, 2015 | ||
Kerimova v. Azerbaijan | Sep 23, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Karnwea v. National Elections Commission | Oct 1, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether an investigation is necessary to prohibit a candidate from running when they allegedly do not meet the qualifications? Whether the Election Commission may go beyond the statutorily prescribed penalties for not meeting a qualification? |
| Liberia |
| Jul 20, 2017 | ||
Kambole v. Tanzania | Jul 28, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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K., B., & S. v. Government Council | Jul 1, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a voter is deprived of their right to vote if they vote for a candidate that has orally withdrawn from the race, but that withdraw is not recognized by the Governor and the candidate’s name appears on the ballot? |
| Switzerland |
| Feb 11, 1987 | ||
Jupica vs Nec | Aug 26, 2020 | Oct 8, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the postponement of the Liberian elections to a date when the Ebola threat was still ongoing was unconstitutional? |
| Liberia |
| Jan 13, 2016 | ||
Joseph v. Codrington | Jun 20, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
| Jun 30, 2009 | |||
Jampen v. State Council | Jul 1, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether when two distinct constituencies have a single electoral body and drastically different populations, the constituencies must be severed and granted their own electoral bodies. |
| Switzerland |
| Mar 20, 1963 | ||
James v. Speaker of the House of Assembly | Jun 20, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Iskra v. Russia | Sep 9, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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International Standards for the Independence of the Judiciary | Jul 17, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | Jul 10, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights v. Republic of Peru | Jul 9, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Miguel Angel Yunes Linares (SUP JRC 0168 2016) | Aug 7, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether Facebook posts that indicate a political position, but do not solicit votes constitute pre-campaign activity. |
| Mexico |
| Apr 25, 2016 | ||
Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Andrés Manuel López Obrador (SUP RAP 0268 2012) | Aug 7, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether Twitter posts and Youtube videos constitute campaign acts? |
| Mexico |
| May 24, 2012 | ||
Inkatha Freedom Party v. Independent Electoral Commission | Sep 23, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether alleged electoral illegalities were sufficient to require an investigation into the election results. |
| South Africa |
| Jul 14, 2001 | ||
Incal v. Turkey | Sep 23, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani, an Attorney (United States) | Aug 18, 2021 | Aug 18, 2021 | Judgment | 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? |
| United States of America |
| Jun 24, 2021 | ||
In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani | Sep 16, 2022 | Sep 16, 2022 | Judgment | 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. |
| United States of America |
| Apr 4, 2022 | ||
In re Valdes | Jul 13, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a judicial election taking place after a newly election procedure was passed, but initiated before has ground for annulment. |
| Colombia |
| Feb 23, 2017 | ||
In re the Icelandic Presidential Election of 2012 | Jul 23, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the inability of disabled voters to cast secret ballots is sufficient grounds for annulling election results. |
| Iceland |
| Jun 6, 2012 | ||
In re Sixty-two deputies of the Group Popular Parliamentary of Congress | Jun 9, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether Spain's gender quotas violate the Spanish Constitution (art. 3.7, 20.4-7) |
| Spain |
| Feb 13, 2009 | ||
In re Representation of People Act and the September 7, 2015 Elections. | Jul 10, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the potential for Chief Justice bias is sufficient to overturn the dismissal of a petition challenging election results. |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
| Feb 6, 2020 | ||
In re Magyar Ketfarku Kutya Part v. Hungary | Jul 14, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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In re Luis Gullermo Otoya Gertds | Jul 13, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether an alleged vote counting inconsistency is sufficient to sustain a claim for election annulment without a claim of harm? |
| Colombia |
| Jun 2, 2014 | ||
In re Gomez | Jul 13, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether criminal charges against an elected officeholder are sufficient to revoke the position on a temporary basis? |
| Chile |
| Dec 23, 2008 | ||
In Re Dispute Case No. 1 of 1999 | Sep 23, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether two rival groups within the same political party may utilize the same political symbol on the eve of elections. |
| India |
| Aug 7, 1999 | ||
In re Constituent Assembly Elections of 2011 | Jul 23, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the right to secrecy was violated in the 2011 election sufficient to annul the election results. |
| Iceland |
| Jan 6, 2011 | ||
In Re Case No. 9768, 9780 & 9828 | Jul 8, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the elections violated the citizen’s political rights even though the domestic options were exhausted. |
| Mexico |
| May 17, 1990 | ||
In re Article 138 Electoral Code — No. 0382-E8-2018 | Aug 7, 2020 | Feb 5, 2021 | Judgment | What is the scope of the Electoral Code as it pertains to the dissemination of opinion polls and surveys by companies and organizations not registered with the Electoral Administration when dispersed through social media platforms? |
| Costa Rica |
| Jan 16, 2018 | ||
In re Article 27 (3) & (8) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 | Oct 2, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether failure to enact the two-third gender rule despite Court orders to do so calls for dissolvement of the Parliament. |
| Kenya |
| Sep 21, 2020 | ||
In re 2016 Election of President of Iceland | Jul 23, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the prohibition of voters from signing support petitions for multiple candidates conflicts with Act. No. 36. 1945. Whether the plaintiff has a cause of action before elections take place. |
| Iceland |
| Jun 15, 2016 | ||
Impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun | Jun 18, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the violations of the electoral code and the Constitution are sufficient to remove the President from office. |
| South Korea |
| May 14, 2004 | ||
IFES Ukraine E day Pocket Handbook for Police Officers 2019 Parliamentary elections Eng | Jul 28, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Hvit Election Alliance v. Attorney General | Jul 15, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a discriminatory election alliance member's criminal conviction violates domestic law and the ECHR? |
| Norway |
| Nov 28, 1997 | ||
Human Rights Network of Uganda v. Attorney General | May 20, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Public Order Management Act of 2013 violates the Uganda Constitution? Whether parliament and the executive may pass legislation in response to decision of the court? |
| Uganda |
| Mar 26, 2020 | ||
Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights for Judges, Prosecutors, and Lawyers | Jul 17, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Hughes v. Human Rights Commission | Jun 23, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment |
| Canada |
| Feb 12, 2010 | |||
Huarte-Mendicoa v. Basque Parliament Act | Jul 23, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Spain |
| Jan 19, 2009 | |||
Hong Kong Police Force v. Electoral Affairs Commission | Jul 24, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a publicly accessible voter list violates the right to privacy? |
| Hong Kong |
| May 5, 2020 | ||
Hichilema v. Lungu | Jul 16, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Does the Court have jurisdiction to hear the election petition after the expiry of the 14 day constitutionally prescribed period? |
| Zambia |
| Sep 5, 2016 | ||
Harle v. France | Jun 28, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Should elections be annulled when 1) there were inconsistencies between the number of ballot papers and signatures, and 2) the candidate violated electoral propaganda laws when he posted a personal propaganda photo on his Facebook? |
| France |
| Dec 2, 2017 | ||
Hajili v. Azerbaijan | Sep 23, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Hajibeyli v. Azerbaijan | Sep 3, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Guidelines for National Political Parties and, where appropriate, Local Political Parties, to prevent, attend, sanction, repair and eradicate political violence against women based on gender | Oct 6, 2021 | Oct 6, 2021 | Resources |
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Guide to Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights | Jul 17, 2020 | Dec 22, 2021 | Resources |
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Guide Electoral, Tome III Référencement jurisprudentiel 2006-2018 | Dec 22, 2021 | Dec 22, 2021 | Resources |
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GUARDE: Guidelines for Understanding, Adjudicating, and Resolving Disputes in Elections | Jul 2, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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GUARDE: Directrices para la comprension y resolucion de conflictos electorales | Jul 2, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Grosaru v. Romania | Sep 23, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Gorzelik v. Poland- | Sep 9, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Goodface v. Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 2020 Election Board | Aug 27, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a Federal Court may hear a Tribal candidate eligibility claim under the federal question doctrine? |
| United States of America |
| Aug 25, 2020 | ||
Germin Organization v. Central Election Commission | Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the vote counting procedure violates the right to early vote for Kosovo citizens outside of Kosovo. Whether the complaint may be brought before a final decision is reached. |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 19, 2019 | ||
Georgian Labour Party v. Georgia | Sep 23, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Gandhi v. Narain | Sep 23, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether legislative acts passed during the appeals process may be retroactively applied to validate an election currently in the courts. |
| India |
| Jul 11, 1975 | ||
Freedom Front Plus v. Electoral Commission of South Africa | Jun 3, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment |
| South Africa |
| Apr 29, 2019 | |||
Federal Prosecution of Election Offenses | Jul 17, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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EVMs in 2005 German Elections | Jun 20, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Was the use of EVMs in the elections erroneous and unconstitutional enough to annul the elections? |
| Germany |
| Mar 3, 2009 | ||
Equal Access: How to Include Persons with Disabilities in Elections and Political Processes | Jul 22, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Emile v. Republic of Cote D’Ivoire | Jul 28, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Electoral Justice: The International IDEA Handbook | Jul 2, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Electoral Justice: Here, Now, Tomorrow [The Case of Serbia] | Oct 25, 2021 | Oct 25, 2021 | Resources |
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Electoral Justice Regulations Around the World: Key findings from International IDEA's global research on electoral dispute-resolution systems | Jul 2, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Electoral Justice for All: A Practitioner's Guide to Increasing Women's Access to Electoral Justice | Oct 1, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | Resources |
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Electoral Commission v. Watson | Jun 19, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the video and song Planet Key are considered election advertisements and/or election programs. |
| New Zealand |
| Oct 20, 2016 | ||
Electoral Commission v. Rawali | Jul 16, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the postponement of the polling day due to inclement weather violated sec. 97, 115, 117, and 206 of Organic Law. |
| Papua New Guinea |
| Jun 20, 2003 | ||
Electoral Commission v. Malawi Congress Party | Jun 19, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment |
| Malawi |
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Electoral Commission of Uganda v. Bakireke | Aug 7, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Was the election conducted legally? Did non-compliance substantially affect the results? Did the winning candidate commit electoral offenses? Did the trial judge err in annulling the elections at the trial level? |
| Uganda |
| Jan 19, 2007 | ||
Elections on Trial: The Effective Management of Election Disputes and Violations | Jul 1, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Elections in Egypt: Implications of Recent Court Decisions on the Electoral Framework | Jul 17, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Election Resource Centre v. Charumbira | Jun 19, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Is it inappropriate for a tribal leader to make public statements in support of a party? |
| Zimbabwe |
| May 23, 2018 | ||
Election of the President of Ukraine 2019: Manuals for Judges | Jul 22, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Election Investigations Guidebook | Dec 28, 2020 | Dec 28, 2020 | Resources |
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Election Dispute Resolution Report 2020 | Dec 23, 2021 | Dec 23, 2021 | Resources |
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Election Case Law Analysis Series: Lessons on Gender Equality and Women’s Political Participation | Dec 22, 2021 | Dec 22, 2021 | Resources |
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Election Case Law Analysis Series: Lessons for Regulating Campaigning on Social Media | Dec 22, 2021 | Dec 22, 2021 | Resources |
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Election Audits: Principles and Practices | Jul 2, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Election Audits: International Principles that Protect Election Integrity | Jul 2, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Early Election of Deputies of Ukraine 2019: A Guide for Judges | Jul 22, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Domingo v. Commission on Elections | Sep 23, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether there was sufficient evidence to conclude that the incumbent mayor prodded potential Board of Election Inspectors for the City? |
| Phillippines |
| Dec 1, 1998 | ||
Deshapriya v. Divisional Secretary | Jul 10, 2019 | Nov 19, 2020 | Judgment | Whether public officers may be required to canvas for elected officials? |
| Sri Lanka |
| Aug 20, 1999 | ||
Democratic Alliance v. Electoral Commission | Jun 3, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Commission is able to make this determination and implement the enforcement action. |
| South Africa |
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Decision No. 207182 | Sep 16, 2022 | Sep 16, 2022 | Judgment | 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. |
| Serbia |
| Feb 3, 2022 | ||
Decision No. 1 (1995) | Sep 16, 2022 | Sep 16, 2022 | Judgment | 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. |
| Lebanon |
| Nov 2, 1995 | ||
Décision n° 2015 465 QPC du 24 avril 2015 Conseil constitutionnel | Jul 25, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| France |
| Apr 24, 2015 | |||
Décision n° 2001 445 DC du 19 juin 2001 Conseil constitutionnel | Jul 25, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether section 33 of the French Institutional Act violates the Constitution. |
| France |
| Jun 19, 2001 | ||
Décision n° 98 407 DC du 14 janvier 1999 Conseil constitutionnel | Jul 25, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Electoral Code provision requiring parity between male and female candidates violates the French Constitution? |
| France |
| Jan 14, 1999 | ||
Decision 207183 | Sep 19, 2022 | Sep 19, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the Sabac City Assembly was the proper authority to hear a challenge about the conduct of a referendum. |
| Serbia |
| Feb 3, 2022 | ||
Decision 701/2020 | Sep 16, 2022 | Sep 16, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the Brosteni Constituency Electoral Bureau’s (BEC) decision to reject a former vice mayor seeking to run for the mayor and local councilor elections, based on a report by the National Integrity Agency alleging that he had conflicts of interest, was improper. |
| Romania |
| Aug 17, 2020 | ||
Decision 378/2020 | Sep 16, 2022 | Sep 16, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the Bistrita Năsăud Electoral Bureau (BECJ BN)’s decision to reject the registration of appellant electoral alliance USR-PLUS’s list of four candidates for the 2020 parliamentary elections was incorrect even though the appellant did not properly include the candidates’ genders, as is required by law for Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections. |
| Romania |
| Oct 26, 2020 | ||
Cybersecurity in Elections: Developing a Holistic Exposure and Adaptation Testing (HEAT) Process for Election Management Bodies | Jul 22, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Curling v. Raffensperger | May 22, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether Georgia's electronic voting system diminishes the voter's First and Fourteenth Amendment right due to threats of inadequacy and inaccuracy. |
| United States of America |
| Aug 15, 2019 | ||
Conseil d'État (CE), 6ème chambre, 28 May 2021, N° 445567 (unpublished in Lebon collection) | Jul 20, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 | Judgment | 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. |
| France |
| May 28, 2021 | ||
Conseil d'État (CE), 4ème chambre, 31 May 2021, N° 441849 (unpublished in Lebon collection) | Jul 20, 2021 | Jul 21, 2021 | Judgment | 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. |
| France |
| May 31, 2021 | ||
Communist Party of Russia v. Russia | Sep 23, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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City for All List, et. al v. Palestinian Central Election Commission, et. al | Jan 4, 2023 | Jan 4, 2023 | Judgment | Whether the error in registration on the voter list of one candidate from an independent candidate list should result in rejecting the application of all the candidates on the list, and thus the entire list, from running for election. |
| Palestine |
| Apr 23, 2017 | ||
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission | Jul 22, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | 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? |
| United States of America |
| Jan 21, 2010 | ||
Chilima v. Mutharika (lower court decision) | May 22, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | 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. |
| Malawi |
| Feb 3, 2020 | ||
Chiafalo v. Washington | Sep 17, 2020 | Sep 17, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a pledge requirement and sanction violates the Electors Constitutional right to pledge electoral votes regardless of voter preference? |
| United States of America |
| Jul 6, 2020 | ||
Chester v. Secretary of State for Justice | Jun 23, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment |
| United Kingdom |
| Oct 16, 2013 | |||
Chee Siok Chin v. Attorney General | Jul 1, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the plaintiff’s application for Parliament was constitutionally denied. If not, whether the election results may be overturned for all members of Parliament. |
| Singapore |
| Jun 22, 2006 | ||
Chaturman Beda vs Election Special Court and others | Jan 13, 2023 | Jan 13, 2023 | Judgment | Whether the ineligibility of a winning candidate due to his age should result in declaring the runner-up candidate as the winner of the election or invalidating the entire election result. |
| Nepal |
| Feb 14, 1990 | ||
CH-02 | Apr 30, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 | Judgment | 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? |
| Suriname |
| Aug 5, 2022 | ||
Cernea v. Romania | Sep 9, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Case on Restricting Online Media from Publishing Columns, etc. Written by Candidates for Public Official Election | Jun 18, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| South Korea |
| Nov 28, 2019 | |||
Case on Election Campaign by Teacher via Social Networking | Jun 18, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | A public school teacher shared a post on his/her Facebook that indicated that a political candidate was lying. |
| South Korea |
| Feb 27, 2020 | ||
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Canada | Jun 23, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the broadcasting restricted and alleged Charter violations therein may be heard on an expedited review basis. |
| Canada |
| Apr 11, 2011 | ||
Campos v. Ecuador | Jul 7, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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BVerfG, decision of the Second Senate of December 15, 2020 | Oct 6, 2021 | Oct 6, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the non-parity nomination of candidates for the Bundestag election by the parties constitutes a major electoral error that has a decisive impact on the distribution of seats and the validity of the election. |
| Germany |
| Dec 15, 2020 | ||
Bush v. Gore | Jul 22, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | 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? |
| United States of America |
| Dec 12, 2000 | ||
Buriro v. Shah | Jun 30, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Where the citizenship requirement for candidacy may be met by a renunciation of dual citizenship. |
| Pakistan |
| Jan 23, 2019 | ||
Budding Democracy or Judicialisation: Lessons from Africa’s Emerging Electoral Jurisprudence | Jun 4, 2021 | Jun 4, 2021 | Resources |
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BIRN v. Democratic League of Kosovo | May 21, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the claimant met its evidentiary burden for determining that the respondent violated election law. |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 6, 2019 | ||
Benisek v. Lamone | May 20, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the District Court abused its discretion in denying the plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction? Whether the congressional map, operating for six years, was an injury redressible by the court? |
| United States of America |
| Jun 18, 2018 | ||
Bench Book on Electoral Dispute Resolution | Oct 12, 2022 | Oct 12, 2022 | Resources |
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Baytan v. Commission on Elections | Sep 23, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether petitioner's voluntary disclosure and alleged good faith mistake is sufficient to survive a preliminary hearing requiring only probable cause? |
| Phillippines |
| Feb 4, 2003 | ||
Barthelemy v. President of the Republic of Vanuatu | Jan 31, 2024 | Jul 22, 2026 | Judgment | (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? |
| Vanuatu | Sep 9, 2022 | |||
Bangladesh 16th amendment ruling | Jul 8, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Does the 16th amendment, which allows the legislature to remove Supreme Court justices on grounds of incapacity or misconduct, violate the Constitution? |
| Bangladesh |
| Jul 3, 2017 | ||
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network BIRN Internews and Kosova v. Serbian List | May 21, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Serbian List's election spot violated the Election Code such that it incited hatred or violence. |
| Kosovo |
| Sep 27, 2019 | ||
Australian Electoral Commission v. Johnston | Jun 9, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment |
| Australia |
| Feb 18, 2014 | |||
Attorney General v. Taylor | Jul 10, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the 2010 Electoral Amendment Act is inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act due to the provision disenfranchising prisoners |
| New Zealand |
| Nov 9, 2019 | ||
Atakishi v. Azerbaijan | Sep 23, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Assessing Electoral Fraud in New Democracies: Refining the Vocabulary | Jul 2, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Aryeh Bain v. Chief Electoral Officer | Jun 23, 2020 | Nov 19, 2020 | Judgment | Whether setting election day as a Jewish holiday violates the right to vote? |
| Canada |
| Jun 26, 2019 | ||
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 | Oct 26, 2021 | Oct 26, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the 2018 mayoral election in Chisinau were appropriately annulled due to violations of the electoral silence period on election day. |
| Moldova |
| Jun 25, 2018 | ||
APDH v. Cote d'Ivoire | Aug 1, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the composition of the IEC is in conformity with the Constitution. |
| Ivory Coast |
| Nov 18, 2016 | ||
Antonio Pedro de Siqueira Indio da Costa v. Public Electoral Ministry (No. 1825-24.2010.6.00.0000) | Aug 10, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether tweets announcing candidacy before the election period violate the Election Law because it is a publicly accessible platform. |
| Brazil |
| Jun 4, 2010 | ||
An Integrated Approach to Election and Conflict | Jul 22, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe v. ZANU-PF | Jun 19, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Should an interdict be ordered against the respondents for several coercion related activities towards children in schools? |
| Zimbabwe |
| Jun 28, 2018 | ||
Alternative Dispute Resolution in Elections: Practitioner Brief | May 5, 2023 | May 5, 2023 | Resources |
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Aliyev v. Azerbaijan | Sep 23, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Resources |
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Ali v. David | Jul 28, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP | Aug 9, 2024 | Aug 9, 2024 | Judgment | 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. |
| United States of America |
| May 23, 2024 | ||
Albayda Judgment – Ali Tarhouni Case II (2016) | Oct 19, 2021 | Oct 19, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the chairman of the CDA lost his Libyan citizenship and eligibility for office by obtaining American citizenship and marrying a foreigner. |
| Libya |
| Nov 28, 2016 | ||
Albayda Judgment - Emergency Procedural Ruling | Oct 19, 2021 | Oct 25, 2021 | Judgment | Whether Libyan Constitution Drafting Assembly (“CDA”) members’ procedural change on vote quorum, from requiring 2/3 majority plus one of the entire CDA to 2/3 majority plus one of present members, violated the law. | Libya |
| Dec 19, 2016 | |||
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights | Jul 28, 2020 | Jan 31, 2023 | Resources |
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Advocate Prem Chandra Rai vs Government of Nepal | Jan 13, 2023 | Jan 13, 2023 | Judgment | Whether Nepali citizens residing abroad should be given the opportunity to vote from the country in which they currently reside. Whether restricted voting rights on Nepali citizens living abroad violates the constitutional right to vote. |
| Nepal |
| Mar 21, 2018 | ||
Addressing Election Disputes and Elections Offenses in Zimbabwe | Jul 22, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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ACHPR Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania | Sep 9, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Resources |
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Access to Justice and Electoral Integrity: A policy brief of the Electoral Integrity Initiative | Jul 2, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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Abubakar v. Independent Electoral Commission | Jun 3, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the President was not duly elected to his position based upon alleged corruption in the vote counting. |
| Nigeria |
| Nov 5, 2019 | ||
Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed | Jul 6, 2020 | Aug 5, 2021 | Judgment | Where the constituency representation scheme violates the reasonableness standard. |
| Egypt |
| Mar 15, 2015 | ||
2019 Presidential Election in Ukraine: Post-Election Report | Jul 22, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Resources |
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2018Hun-Ma551 | Nov 1, 2024 | Nov 1, 2024 | Judgment | Whether prohibiting elementary and secondary schoolteachers from establishing and joining political parties unreasonably infringes on their right to freedom of association. Whether the ban on elementary and secondary schoolteachers creating or being members of “other political organizations” as stated in Article 65(1) of the State Public Officials Act is clear and meets the balancing test set up by the court to justify a restriction on political rights. |
| South Korea |
| Apr 23, 2020 | ||
2018Hun-Ma456 | Sep 14, 2022 | Sep 14, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the Public Official Election Act’s required verification of internet users when they post election-related content online during a campaign violates freedom of expression, freedom of anonymous speech, freedom of the press and the right to informational self-determination. |
| South Korea |
| Jan 28, 2021 | ||
2017Hun-Ma813 | Sep 14, 2022 | Sep 14, 2022 | Judgment | Whether any of the following alleged acts violate citizens’ constitutional rights to vote or equality under the law: 1) denying a soldier’s request to watch presidential election interviews and debates; 2) requiring election campaign bulletins written in braille to be within the page limits for booklet-type campaign bulletins; and 3) failing to require Korean sign language or captions in all election-related broadcasts. |
| South Korea |
| Aug 28, 2020 | ||
2017 (Gyo Tsu) 47 [Judgments concerning the constitutionality of the provisions on the apportionment of seats for members (to be elected by constituency) of the House of Councillors stipulated in Article 14 and Appended Table 3 of the Public Offices Election Act] | Jun 29, 2020 | Nov 19, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the electoral code system, in light of the migration from constituencies, should be declared unconstitutional? |
| Japan |
| Sep 17, 2017 | ||
2001 (Gyo Tsu) 233 [Case to Seeking Nullification of the Election] | Jun 29, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Japan |
| Dec 18, 2001 | |||
2001 (Gyo Tsu) 82 Judgments of the Supreme Court | Jun 29, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Japan |
| Sep 14, 2001 | |||
1999 (Gyo Tsu) 35 [Judgment of the Grant Bench, dismissed by the Supreme Court] | Jun 29, 2020 | Feb 9, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the unequal treatment between independent and political party candidates regarding broadcasting during campaigns was unconstitutional. |
| Japan |
| Oct 19, 1999 | ||
1996 (Gyo Tsu) 28 [Judgment of the Second Petty Bench, partially dismissed, partially quashed, and partially terminated] | Jun 29, 2020 | Jul 26, 2021 | Judgment | Whether denying absentee ballots to voters outside of the country for official ballots is sufficient to dispute the election result. |
| Japan |
| May 31, 1996 |