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Title | Date added | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision |
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Decision 207183 | 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 No. 1 (1995) | 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President of the Supreme Court of char’i jaafarite contradicts the principle of “separation of powers” and should be repealed.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 |
Decision No. 207182 | 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 |
Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed | Jul 6, 2020 | Judgment | Where the constituency representation scheme violates the reasonableness standard. |
| Egypt |
| Mar 15, 2015 |
Shura Council Speaker request for constitutional review of the draft law regulating the exercise of political rights. | Jul 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the draft law adheres to the current constitutional political protections. |
| Egypt |
| May 26, 2013 |
Shura Council Speaker's request for constitutional review of the drafted law. | Jul 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the proposed provisions are constitutional. |
| Egypt |
| Feb 13, 2013 |
1999 (Gyo Tsu) 35 [Judgment of the Grant Bench, dismissed by the Supreme Court] | Jun 29, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the unequal treatment between independent and political party candidates regarding broadcasting during campaigns was unconstitutional. |
| Japan |
| Oct 19, 1999 |
In re Article 138 Electoral Code — No. 0382-E8-2018 | Aug 7, 2020 | 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 |
Sardelli v. Almeida | Jul 9, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the President may file a criminal electoral complaint against a private citizen. |
| Brazil |
| Aug 14, 2003 |
Wong Souk Yee v. Attorney General | Jul 1, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Prime Minister had a duty to fill the vacancy in a Group Representation Constituency. |
| Singapore |
| Apr 10, 2019 |
Wendenberg v. Netherlands | Jul 24, 2020 | Judgment | Whether an electoral bribe must be for the amount promised in order to be a criminal offense. |
| Netherlands |
| Apr 9, 2019 |
Baytan v. Commission on Elections | Sep 23, 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 |
Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj | Jul 23, 2019 | 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 |
In re Representation of People Act and the September 7, 2015 Elections. | Jul 10, 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 |
Western Native Voice v. Stapleton | Oct 9, 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 |
Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania | Aug 1, 2019 | Judgment | Whether the Tanzania regulation prohibiting independent candidates from seeking public office is unconstitutional? |
| Tanzania. United Republic of |
| Jun 14, 2019 |
Bangladesh 16th amendment ruling | Jul 8, 2019 | 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 |
Electoral Commission v. Rawali | Jul 16, 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 |
Chester v. Secretary of State for Justice | Jun 23, 2020 | Judgment |
| United Kingdom |
| Oct 16, 2013 | |
Attorney General v. Taylor | Jul 10, 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 |
In re Valdes | Jul 13, 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 |
Zimbabwe Election Resource Centre Trust v. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission | Jul 8, 2019 | Judgment | Whether the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must furnish voter rolls under the Zimbabwe Constitution. |
| Zimbabwe |
| Jun 6, 2018 |
Chiafalo v. Washington | 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 |
National Elections Commission v. Siebo | 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 |
SUP RAP 0749 2017 | Jul 16, 2019 | 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 0042 2018 | Jul 16, 2019 | Judgment |
| Mexico |
| Mar 22, 2018 | |
12- Mendis v. Kumaratunga | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment | The Petitioners presented their case on the basis of an infringement pertaining to the acquisition of land on the premise that such land would be utilized to serve a public purpose whereas, by this impugned executive or administrative action the land was knowingly, deliberately and manipulatively sold to a private entrepreneur to serve as an exclusive and private golf resort in Sri Lanka, one carrying a membership fee of Rs. 250,000. |
| Sri Lanka |
| Jul 31, 2008 |
13- Nanayakkara v. Choksy (John Keells Case) | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment |
| Sri Lanka |
| Jun 26, 2008 | |
14- Attorney General v. Chief Justice | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment | Did the Court of Appeal have the power to issue a writ of certiorari with respect to Parliament in the process of impeaching the Chief Justice, who was accused of financial impropriety? |
| Sri Lanka |
| Feb 21, 2014 |
Décision n° 2015 465 QPC du 24 avril 2015 Conseil constitutionnel | Jul 25, 2019 | Judgment |
| France |
| Apr 24, 2015 |