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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 | |
6- Egodaweie v. Commissioner of Elections | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment | Did several electoral irregularities and acts of violence at polling stations fall within the scope of section 46A, compelling the respondent to declare those polls null and void? |
| Sri Lanka |
| Apr 3, 2001 |
9- Thavaneethan v. Commissioner of Elections | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment | Vote as a fundamental right |
| Sri Lanka |
| Mar 25, 2003 |
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 |
Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed | Jul 6, 2020 | Judgment | Where the constituency representation scheme violates the reasonableness standard. |
| Egypt |
| Mar 15, 2015 |
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 |
Australian Electoral Commission v. Johnston | Jun 9, 2020 | Judgment |
| Australia |
| Feb 18, 2014 | |
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 |
Chee Siok Chin v. Attorney General | Jul 1, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the plaintiff’s application for Parliament was constitutionally denied. If not, whether the election results may be overturned for all members of Parliament. |
| Singapore |
| Jun 22, 2006 |
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 |
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 |
Electoral Commission v. Malawi Congress Party | Jun 19, 2019 | Judgment |
| Malawi |
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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 |
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 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 |
In re Constituent Assembly Elections of 2011 | Jul 23, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the right to secrecy was violated in the 2011 election sufficient to annul the election results. |
| Iceland |
| Jan 6, 2011 |
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 |
In re Luis Gullermo Otoya Gertds | Jul 13, 2020 | Judgment | Whether an alleged vote counting inconsistency is sufficient to sustain a claim for election annulment without a claim of harm? |
| Colombia |
| Jun 2, 2014 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Khuhro v. Khan | Jun 30, 2020 | Judgment | Whether misstatements on the candidate’s election papers are sufficient to declare an election void. |
| Pakistan |
| Aug 1, 2019 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |