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Title | Date added | Date modified | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision | Legal Issue and/or Topic | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zimbabwe Election Resource Centre Trust v. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission | Jul 8, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must furnish voter rolls under the Zimbabwe Constitution. |
| Zimbabwe |
| Jun 6, 2018 | ||
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe v. ZANU-PF | Jun 19, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Should an interdict be ordered against the respondents for several coercion related activities towards children in schools? |
| Zimbabwe |
| Jun 28, 2018 | ||
Timba v. Electoral Commission | Jun 28, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment |
| Zimbabwe |
| Jan 9, 2014 | |||
Mavedzenge v. Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs | Jul 16, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Applicant seeks declaration of constitutional invalidity of Electoral Act section 192(6), particularly striking the phrase "approved by the Minister" from the provision. Is the Minister's approval requirement tantamount to the ZEC being subject to his direction and control? |
| Zimbabwe |
| May 31, 2018 | ||
Election Resource Centre v. Charumbira | Jun 19, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Is it inappropriate for a tribal leader to make public statements in support of a party? |
| Zimbabwe |
| May 23, 2018 | ||
Masumba v. Kamondo | Sep 13, 2022 | 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 | ||
Siwale v. Electoral Commission of Zambia | Aug 7, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Can the referendum proceed without being voted on as a bill as constitutionally required? |
| Zambia |
| Feb 14, 2018 | ||
Hichilema v. Lungu | Jul 16, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Does the Court have jurisdiction to hear the election petition after the expiry of the 14 day constitutionally prescribed period? |
| Zambia |
| Sep 5, 2016 | ||
Brotherton N.O. v. Electoral Commission of Zambia | Jul 7, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | Judgment | Did the Electoral Commission of Zambia violate the fundamental voting rights of disabled voters by failing to provide adequate facilites? |
| Zambia |
| Sep 18, 2011 | ||
Nmalamuwomu v. Shadrack | Jan 31, 2024 | 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 | |||
Barthelemy v. President of the Republic of Vanuatu | Jan 31, 2024 | Jul 22, 2026 | Judgment | (1) Was the Council of Minister’s advice to the President to dissolve Parliament while there was a pending motion of no confidence by members of parliament a violation of the Constitution? (2) If so, was the dissolution of parliament by President void? (3) Does the Supreme Court have jurisdiction to hear constitutional writ petitions relating to the dissolution of parliament? |
| Vanuatu | Sep 9, 2022 | |||
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission | Jul 22, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | 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 | ||
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. |
| United States of America |
| Jun 4, 2020 | ||
Rideout v. Gardner | Aug 19, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a prohibition of a photograph of a completed ballot violates the First Amendment? |
| United States of America |
| Aug 11, 2015 | ||
Bush v. Gore | Jul 22, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Did the Florida Supreme Court violate Article II Section 1 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution by making new election law? Do standardless manual recounts violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Constitution? |
| United States of America |
| Dec 12, 2000 | ||
Benisek v. Lamone | May 20, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the District Court abused its discretion in denying the plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction? Whether the congressional map, operating for six years, was an injury redressible by the court? |
| United States of America |
| Jun 18, 2018 | ||
Curling v. Raffensperger | May 22, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether Georgia's electronic voting system diminishes the voter's First and Fourteenth Amendment right due to threats of inadequacy and inaccuracy. |
| United States of America |
| Aug 15, 2019 | ||
US v. Philadelphia | Jul 8, 2019 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Did the city of Philadelphia's polling sites comply with the ADA and other guidelines to ensure accessible polling places? |
| United States of America |
| Apr 16, 2009 | ||
King v. Whitmer | Nov 29, 2021 | Nov 30, 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 | ||
State of Washington v. Facebook, Inc. | Sep 13, 2022 | 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 | Nov 30, 2021 | Judgment | Whether to impose sanctions on the Plaintiff's attorneys for filing frivolous litigation. |
| United States of America |
| Aug 3, 2021 | ||
Western Native Voice v. Stapleton | Oct 9, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Ballot Interference Prevention Act violates the Plaintiff’s right to vote, right to free speech, right to association, and due process. |
| United States of America |
| Sep 25, 2020 | ||
Trump for President, Inc. v. Boockvar | Dec 28, 2020 | 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 | ||
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. |
| United States of America |
| 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. |
| United States of America |
| Apr 4, 2022 | ||
Wisconsin Legislature v. Evers (state Supreme Court Decision, please see United States Supreme Court order on the application for stay) | Jun 2, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Governor may suspend election laws two days before the election? |
| United States of America |
| Apr 6, 2020 | ||
Republication National Commitee v. Democratic National Committe (Wisconsin) | Jun 2, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether absentee ballots must be postmarked by the original election date. |
| United States of America |
| Apr 6, 2020 | ||
Thompson v. Hebdon | Jun 8, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether Alaska's $500 contribution limit violates the Fourteenth Amendment |
| United States of America |
| Nov 25, 2019 | ||
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. |
| United States of America |
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Goodface v. Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 2020 Election Board | Aug 27, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a Federal Court may hear a Tribal candidate eligibility claim under the federal question doctrine? |
| United States of America |
| Aug 25, 2020 |