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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.
  • Electronic Voting
United States of America
  • English
Aug 15, 2019
Sabha Primary Court Case #8
Jun 19, 2019
Nov 4, 2020
Judgment
Should elections be annulled when multiple irregularities occurred related to polling date announcements, voters lists, infrastructure, coercion, and vote-buying?
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
Libya
  • Arabic
Apr 27, 2019
Decision 701/2020
Sep 16, 2022
Sep 16, 2022
Judgment
Whether the Brosteni Constituency Electoral Bureau’s (BEC) decision to reject a former vice mayor seeking to run for the mayor and local councilor elections, based on a report by the National Integrity Agency alleging that he had conflicts of interest, was improper.
  • Candidate Registration
  • Civil Procedure
Romania
  • Romanian
Aug 17, 2020
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?
  • Accessibility
United States of America
  • English
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.
  • Frivolous Litigation
United States of America
  • English
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.
  • Campaign Finance
  • Social Media
United States of America
  • English
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.
  • Frivolous Litigation
United States of America
  • English
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.
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Indigenous Persons
  • Vote Verification and Transmission
United States of America
  • English
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).
  • Civil Procedure
  • Disputing Results
United States of America
  • English
Nov 21, 2020
Decision 378/2020
Sep 16, 2022
Sep 16, 2022
Judgment
Whether the Bistrita Năsăud Electoral Bureau (BECJ BN)’s decision to reject the registration of appellant electoral alliance USR-PLUS’s list of four candidates for the 2020 parliamentary elections was incorrect even though the appellant did not properly include the candidates’ genders, as is required by law for Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections.
  • Candidate Registration
  • Gender
Romania
  • Romanian
Oct 26, 2020
Odhiambo Oduol v. Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission
Sep 14, 2022
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.
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Vote Verification and Transmission
Kenya
  • English
Jun 5, 2013
Ochieng' v. Orange Democratic Movement
Jun 20, 2019
Nov 4, 2020
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?
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Vote Form Irregularities
Kenya
  • English
May 14, 2017
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?
  • Candidate Registration
  • Civil Procedure
  • Indigenous Persons
United States of America
  • English
Aug 25, 2020
Domingo v. Commission on Elections
Sep 23, 2020
Nov 6, 2020
Judgment
Whether there was sufficient evidence to conclude that the incumbent mayor prodded potential Board of Election Inspectors for the City?
  • Civil Procedure
  • Electoral Integrity
  • EMB Independence
  • EMB Operation
Phillippines
  • English
Dec 1, 1998
Samuel v. Chief Electoral Officer et al.
Jan 24, 2024
Jan 24, 2024
Judgment
(1) Whether Chief Electoral Officer (“CEO”) erred in rejecting a candidate’s request for a re-count due to a close mayoral race with 3,25% of vote difference and alleged violations? (2) Whether the refusal to add a name of a voter to the voter registry beyond the deadline for voter registration can be raised as a class action to protect the rights of voters?
  • Disputing Results
  • EMB Operation
Marshall Islands
  • English
Aug 31, 2018
In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani, an Attorney (United States)
Aug 18, 2021
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?
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
United States of America
  • English
Jun 24, 2021
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?
  • Campaign Finance
  • Electoral Integrity
United States of America
  • English
Jan 21, 2010
In re Sixty-two deputies of the Group Popular Parliamentary of Congress
Jun 9, 2020
Sep 15, 2020
Judgment
Whether Spain's gender quotas violate the Spanish Constitution (art. 3.7, 20.4-7)
  • Gender
  • Quotas
Spain
  • Spanish
Feb 13, 2009
Sinnott v. Minister for the Environment
Jun 11, 2020
Sep 16, 2020
Judgment
Whether the plaintiff's inability to cast a secret ballot based on his visual impairment violated his right to vote.
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
Ireland
  • English
Mar 30, 2017
Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj
Jul 23, 2019
Nov 4, 2020
Judgment
Were irregularities related to voter registration significant enough to annul the elections? Which approach should be followed in determining electoral irregularities?
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
Canada
  • English
  • French
Oct 25, 2012
APDH v. Cote d'Ivoire
Aug 1, 2019
Sep 16, 2020
Judgment
Whether the composition of the IEC is in conformity with the Constitution.
  • EMB Independence
  • EMB Operation
Ivory Coast
  • English
  • French
Nov 18, 2016
Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania
Aug 1, 2019
Oct 14, 2020
Judgment
Whether the Tanzania regulation prohibiting independent candidates from seeking public office is unconstitutional?
  • Candidate Registration
  • Judicial Independence
Tanzania. United Republic of
  • English
Jun 14, 2019
Rideout v. Gardner
Aug 19, 2020
Sep 15, 2020
Judgment
Whether a prohibition of a photograph of a completed ballot violates the First Amendment?
  • Social Media
  • Technology
United States of America
  • English
Aug 11, 2015
Electoral Commission v. Rawali
Jul 16, 2020
Oct 14, 2020
Judgment
Whether the postponement of the polling day due to inclement weather violated sec. 97, 115, 117, and 206 of Organic Law.
  • EMB Independence
  • EMB Operation
  • Judicial Independence
Papua New Guinea
  • English
Jun 20, 2003
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?
  • Disputing Results
  • Vote Verification and Transmission
United States of America
  • English
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?
  • Civil Procedure
  • Disputing Results
United States of America
  • English
Jun 18, 2018
Chilima v. Mutharika (lower court decision)
May 22, 2020
Nov 4, 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.
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
  • EMB Operation
Malawi
  • English
Feb 3, 2020
Electoral Commission v. Malawi Congress Party
Jun 19, 2019
Nov 4, 2020
Judgment
    • Electoral Administration Irregularities
    • Electoral Integrity
    Malawi
    • English
      Majumdar v. Information Commission
      Jun 19, 2019
      Sep 16, 2020
      Judgment
      Must the Election Commission provide information on parties' financial disclosures without obtaining their consent?
      • Campaign Finance
      • EMB Independence
      Bangladesh
      • English
      Feb 18, 2016
      Presidential Petition on Local Government Council Election Act Amendment
      Jun 20, 2019
      Sep 16, 2020
      Judgment
      Is the Local Government Council Election Act Amendment unconstitutional?
      • Electronic Voting
      Estonia
      • English
      Sep 1, 2005

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