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Title | Date added | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision |
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Nmalamuwomu v. Shadrack | 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 | |
Madhav Prasad Paudel and others vs Office of the PM, Local development Ministry, Election Commission Nepal et. al | 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 |
Chaturman Beda vs Election Special Court and others | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Sardelli v. Almeida | Jul 9, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the President may file a criminal electoral complaint against a private citizen. |
| Brazil |
| Aug 14, 2003 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Domingo v. Commission on Elections | Sep 23, 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 |
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 |
Ochieng' v. Orange Democratic Movement | Jun 20, 2019 | 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 |
Quinn Leandro v. Jonas | Jun 20, 2019 | Judgment |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
| Oct 27, 2010 | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |