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Title | Date added | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision |
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Samuel v. Chief Electoral Officer et al. | 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 |
Palmer v. Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) | 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 |
In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani | 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 |
2018Hun-Ma456 | 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 | 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 |
Odhiambo Oduol v. Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission | 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 |
Masumba v. Kamondo | 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 | 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 |
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 |
O’Rourke v. Dominion Voting Systems, Inc | Nov 30, 2021 | Judgment | Whether to impose sanctions on the Plaintiff's attorneys for filing frivolous litigation. |
| United States of America |
| Aug 3, 2021 |
King v. Whitmer | Nov 29, 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 |
Supreme Court of Samoa, Faatuatua I Le Atua Samoa Ua Tasi (F.A.S.T. Party) v. Electoral Commissioner | 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 |
Review of the Constitutionality of Section Five of the Riigikogu Election Act | Jun 26, 2020 | Judgment |
| Estonia |
| May 18, 2017 | |
In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani, an Attorney (United States) | 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 |
Mohamed v. Chairman of High Elections Commission | Jul 6, 2020 | 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 |
Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed | Jul 6, 2020 | Judgment | Where the constituency representation scheme violates the reasonableness standard. |
| Egypt |
| Mar 15, 2015 |
Mustafa v. Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces | Jul 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether closed party lists and a first past the post system discriminates against independent candidates? |
| Egypt |
| Jun 14, 2012 |
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 |
1996 (Gyo Tsu) 28 [Judgment of the Second Petty Bench, partially dismissed, partially quashed, and partially terminated] | Jun 29, 2020 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
Trump for President, Inc. v. Boockvar | 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 |
Aryeh Bain v. Chief Electoral Officer | Jun 23, 2020 | Judgment | Whether setting election day as a Jewish holiday violates the right to vote? |
| Canada |
| Jun 26, 2019 |
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 | Judgment | Whether the electoral code system, in light of the migration from constituencies, should be declared unconstitutional? |
| Japan |
| Sep 17, 2017 |
Mutharika v. Chilima | Jun 8, 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 |
Deshapriya v. Divisional Secretary | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment | Whether public officers may be required to canvas for elected officials? |
| Sri Lanka |
| Aug 20, 1999 |
Odinga v. IEBC | Jun 19, 2019 | Judgment | Which party has the burden of proof to contest an election? |
| Kenya |
| Sep 1, 2017 |
McEwing v. Attorney General | Jun 23, 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 |
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 |