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Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott
Jun 10, 2020
Oct 8, 2020
Judgment
Whether the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a disability under Texas law sufficient to modify the vote-by-mail system.
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Health Concerns & Election Administration
United States of America
  • English
Jun 4, 2020
Aryeh Bain v. Chief Electoral Officer
Jun 23, 2020
Nov 19, 2020
Judgment
Whether setting election day as a Jewish holiday violates the right to vote?
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • EMB Operation
Canada
  • English
Jun 26, 2019
Decision No. 207182
Sep 16, 2022
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.
  • Accessibility
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Vote Form Irregularities
Serbia
  • Serbian
Feb 3, 2022
Decision 207183
Sep 19, 2022
Sep 19, 2022
Judgment
Whether the Sabac City Assembly was the proper authority to hear a challenge about the conduct of a referendum.
  • Civil Procedure
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
Serbia
  • Serbian
Feb 3, 2022
Tan Chen Bock v. Attorney General
Jul 1, 2020
Sep 16, 2020
Judgment
Whether the reserved election clause solely permits choosing from the terms of office of Presidents elected by the citizens, or also includes those chosen by Parliament.
  • Candidate Registration
Singapore
  • English
Aug 23, 2017
Wong Souk Yee v. Attorney General
Jul 1, 2020
Nov 6, 2020
Judgment
Whether the Prime Minister had a duty to fill the vacancy in a Group Representation Constituency.
  • Electoral Integrity
  • EMB Independence
Singapore
  • English
Apr 10, 2019
Jampen v. State Council
Jul 1, 2020
Sep 16, 2020
Judgment
Whether when two distinct constituencies have a single electoral body and drastically different populations, the constituencies must be severed and granted their own electoral bodies.
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
Switzerland
  • German
Mar 20, 1963
Obradovic v. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jul 8, 2019
Sep 16, 2020
Judgment
Whether the plaintiff's dismissal from the military banned him from participating in the General Election?
  • Candidate Registration
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • English
Oct 10, 2003
Kyewalabye v. Electoral Commission
Jul 24, 2020
Oct 14, 2020
Judgment
Whether the plaintiff has the evidentiary burden to contest the election results.
  • Civil Procedure
  • Disputing Results
Uganda
  • English
Oct 3, 2016
Opendi v. Electoral Commission
Jul 24, 2020
Oct 14, 2020
Judgment
Whether the invalidation of seventeen polling station results is sufficient grounds to annul the election results.
  • Disputing Results
  • Vote Form Irregularities
Uganda
  • English
Sep 23, 2011
Mwiru v. Samson
Jul 24, 2020
Nov 4, 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.
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
Uganda
  • English
Jun 28, 2011
Conseil d'État (CE), 4ème chambre, 31 May 2021, N° 441849 (unpublished in Lebon collection)
Jul 20, 2021
Jul 21, 2021
Judgment
Whether an incumbent mayoral candidate’s advertisement purchased and disseminated on Facebook prior to the campaign period violated article L. 52-1. Whether the level of voter abstention observed is sufficient to cancel electoral operations.
  • Disputing Results
  • Social Media
France
  • French
May 31, 2021
Conseil d'État (CE), 6ème chambre, 28 May 2021, N° 445567 (unpublished in Lebon collection)
Jul 20, 2021
Aug 5, 2021
Judgment
There are a few issues. 1) Whether an opposing candidate’s advertisement purchased and disseminated on Facebook prior to the campaign period violated article L. 52-1; 2) Whether an outdoor campaign advertisement posted near a busy street and restaurant and shared on Facebook violated Article L. 51; 3) Whether the opposing candidate disseminated false or misleading information about voting by proxy procedures under Article L. 97; 4) Whether opposing candidate defamed complainant under Article 48-2 with a leaflet during the electoral silence period.; and 5) Whether the level of voter abstention observed is sufficient to cancel electoral operations.
  • Disputing Results
  • Social Media
France
  • French
May 28, 2021
Electoral Commission v. Watson
Jun 19, 2020
Sep 16, 2020
Judgment
Whether the video and song Planet Key are considered election advertisements and/or election programs.
  • Social Media
New Zealand
  • English
Oct 20, 2016
Albayda Judgment – Ali Tarhouni Case II (2016)
Oct 19, 2021
Oct 19, 2021
Judgment
Whether the chairman of the CDA lost his Libyan citizenship and eligibility for office by obtaining American citizenship and marrying a foreigner.
  • Candidate Registration
Libya
  • Arabic
Nov 28, 2016
Albayda Judgment - Emergency Procedural Ruling
Oct 19, 2021
Oct 25, 2021
Judgment
Whether Libyan Constitution Drafting Assembly (“CDA”) members’ procedural change on vote quorum, from requiring 2/3 majority plus one of the entire CDA to 2/3 majority plus one of present members, violated the law.
    Libya
    • Arabic
    Dec 19, 2016
    Seawright v. Board of Elections & In re Hawatmeh v. State Board of Elections
    Jul 27, 2020
    Oct 8, 2020
    Judgment
    Whether late filings during the COVID-9 pandemic constitute unique circumstances that would permit remedy of the fatal defect when otherwise not provide in law.
    • Candidate Registration
    • Health Concerns & Election Administration
    United States of America
    • English
    May 21, 2020
    In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani
    Sep 16, 2022
    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.
    • Civil Procedure
    • Disputing Results
    United States of America
    • English
    Apr 4, 2022
    Electoral Commission of Uganda v. Bakireke
    Aug 7, 2019
    Oct 14, 2020
    Judgment
    Was the election conducted legally? Did non-compliance substantially affect the results? Did the winning candidate commit electoral offenses? Did the trial judge err in annulling the elections at the trial level?
    • Disputing Results
    • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
    Uganda
    • English
    Jan 19, 2007
    10- Perera v. Senarathe
    Jul 12, 2019
    Sep 16, 2020
    Judgment
    The petitioner, an MP, complained that the respondent, also an MP, has illegally entered into contracts with government institutions and seeks a declaration that the respondent's appointment is void.
    • Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
    Sri Lanka
    • English
    Dec 10, 1999
    Quinn Leandro v. Jonas
    Jun 20, 2019
    Nov 4, 2020
    Judgment
      • Disputing Results
      • Electoral Administration Irregularities
      • Electoral Integrity
      Antigua and Barbuda
      • English
      Oct 27, 2010
      Winnemucca v. United States
      Jun 19, 2020
      Oct 15, 2020
      Judgment
      Whether the election of the Council Chairman and the Bureau of Indian Affairs’s nonrecognition of the new government is reviewable by the courts.
      • Civil Procedure
      • Disputing Results
      • Indigenous Persons
      United States of America
      • English
        (Mexico) SCM JDC 0412 2021
        Jul 1, 2021
        Jul 21, 2021
        Judgment
        Whether there is an obligation among political parties to comply with a candidate quota that included people from the LGBTQIA + community even though there was no legal order or law to do so.
        • Gender
        • Quotas
        Mexico
        • Spanish
        Apr 3, 2021
        Yang v. Kellner
        Sep 17, 2020
        Sep 17, 2020
        Judgment
        Whether removal of the candidates from the primary ballots after the termination of their campaign violates the voter’s right to elect the candidate of their choosing.
        • Candidate Registration
        • Elections as a Fundamental Right
        United States of America
        • English
        May 5, 2020
        59 Members of Parliament of Ukraine on the constitutionality of the provisions of Art.22.2 of the Parliamentary Elections Law of Ukraine concerning the equal allocation of foreign polling stations to all single-member constituencies
        Jun 10, 2020
        Sep 16, 2020
        Judgment
          • Electoral Maps and Districting
          • EMB Operation
          Ukraine
          • English
          Apr 4, 2012
          New Nation Movement NPC and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa
          Jun 11, 2020
          Sep 15, 2020
          Judgment
          Whether the requirement of political party membership for candidate eligibility is constitutional.
          • Candidate Registration
          South Africa
          • English
          Jun 11, 2020
          Décision n° 2015 465 QPC du 24 avril 2015 Conseil constitutionnel
          Jul 25, 2019
          Sep 16, 2020
          Judgment
            • Gender
            France
            • French
            Apr 24, 2015
            Décision n° 2001 445 DC du 19 juin 2001 Conseil constitutionnel
            Jul 25, 2019
            Sep 16, 2020
            Judgment
            Whether section 33 of the French Institutional Act violates the Constitution.
            • Gender
            France
            • English
            • French
            Jun 19, 2001
            Décision n° 98 407 DC du 14 janvier 1999 Conseil constitutionnel
            Jul 25, 2019
            Sep 16, 2020
            Judgment
            Whether the Electoral Code provision requiring parity between male and female candidates violates the French Constitution?
            • Candidate Registration
            • Gender
            France
            • English
            • French
            Jan 14, 1999
            Impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun
            Jun 18, 2020
            Nov 4, 2020
            Judgment
            Whether the violations of the electoral code and the Constitution are sufficient to remove the President from office.
            • Campaign Finance
            • Disputing Results
            • Electoral Integrity
            South Korea
            • English
            May 14, 2004

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