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Title | Date added | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision |
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Quinn Leandro v. Jonas | Jun 20, 2019 | Judgment |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
| Oct 27, 2010 | |
Mwiru v. Samson | Jul 24, 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 |
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 |
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 |
Harle v. France | Jun 28, 2019 | 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 |
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 |
Impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun | Jun 18, 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 |
In re Gomez | Jul 13, 2020 | Judgment | Whether criminal charges against an elected officeholder are sufficient to revoke the position on a temporary basis? |
| Chile |
| Dec 23, 2008 |
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 |
Surunuddin Dangga & Muchtar Silondae v. General Election Commission of South Konawe | Jul 15, 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 |
Tabar v. Wong | Jul 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the petitioner met the evidentiary burden for a electoral bribery claim? |
| Papua New Guinea |
| Jan 18, 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 |
MOREA v. Party of Institutional Revolutionary (SUP 2015 REP 544 499367) | Aug 7, 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 |
PAN v. PRI (SM JIN 0035 2015) | Aug 7, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Governor's presence and irregularities are sufficient to annul the election results. |
| Mexico |
| Aug 4, 2017 |
Nisma-Akr-PD v. Polling Station 211B | May 21, 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 |
Inkatha Freedom Party v. Independent Electoral Commission | Sep 23, 2020 | Judgment | Whether alleged electoral illegalities were sufficient to require an investigation into the election results. |
| South Africa |
| Jul 14, 2001 |
In Re Case No. 9768, 9780 & 9828 | Jul 8, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the elections violated the citizen’s political rights even though the domestic options were exhausted. |
| Mexico |
| May 17, 1990 |
Wisconsin Legislature v. Evers (state Supreme Court Decision, please see United States Supreme Court order on the application for stay) | Jun 2, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Governor may suspend election laws two days before the election? |
| United States of America |
| Apr 6, 2020 |
Abubakar v. Independent Electoral Commission | Jun 3, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the President was not duly elected to his position based upon alleged corruption in the vote counting. |
| Nigeria |
| Nov 5, 2019 |
Chilima v. Mutharika (lower court decision) | May 22, 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 |
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission | Jul 22, 2019 | 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 |
Yushchenko vs CEC | Jun 17, 2020 | Judgment |
| Ukraine |
| Dec 3, 2004 | |
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 the Icelandic Presidential Election of 2012 | Jul 23, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the inability of disabled voters to cast secret ballots is sufficient grounds for annulling election results. |
| Iceland |
| Jun 6, 2012 |
Uzodinma v. Ihedioha | Jun 2, 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 |
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 |
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 |
National Elections Commission v. Brumskine | Jun 20, 2019 | 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 |
Republication National Commitee v. Democratic National Committe (Wisconsin) | Jun 2, 2020 | Judgment | Whether absentee ballots must be postmarked by the original election date. |
| United States of America |
| Apr 6, 2020 |