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Title | Date added | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision |
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Conseil d'État (CE), 4ème chambre, 31 May 2021, N° 441849 (unpublished in Lebon collection) | Jul 20, 2021 | Judgment | Whether an incumbent mayoral candidate’s advertisement purchased and disseminated on Facebook prior to the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 |
Conseil d'État (CE), 6ème chambre, 28 May 2021, N° 445567 (unpublished in Lebon collection) | Jul 20, 2021 | Judgment | There are a few issues. 1) Whether an opposing candidate’s advertisement purchased and disseminated on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 |
Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners v. Independent Electoral Commission | 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 |
Ortiz Daza v. Act Declaring the Election of Candelo Riascos | 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 |
Zambrano Castro v. National Electoral Council | 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 |
Ledezma Acosta v. Ausecha Ordóñez and Armando Guevara Bravo | 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 |
(Mexico) SUP 2020 REC 102 924628 | Jul 1, 2021 | Judgment | Whether indigenous customs for men to elect political leaders outweigh the principles of non-discrimination, equality and gender parity, as well as the right of "every woman [...] to a life free of violence, both in the public and private spheres" and to "freely and fully exercise their political rights.” |
| Mexico |
| Sep 15, 2020 |
Monroy Hernandez v. Molano Granados | 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 |
Sabha Primary Court Case #8 | Jun 19, 2019 | 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 |
Tchimon v. Issouf | Jul 22, 2019 | 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 |
State of Washington v. Facebook, Inc. | 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 |
Kham v. Electoral Commission | Jun 20, 2019 | 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 |
US v. Philadelphia | Jul 8, 2019 | 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 |
2- Karunathilaka v. Commissioner of Elections | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment | People's sovereignty |
| Sri Lanka |
| Dec 7, 1998 |
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