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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2- Karunathilaka v. Commissioner of Elections
Jul 10, 2019
Sep 16, 2020
Judgment
People's sovereignty
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • EMB Operation
Sri Lanka
  • English
Dec 7, 1998
14- Attorney General v. Chief Justice
Jul 10, 2019
Sep 16, 2020
Judgment
Did the Court of Appeal have the power to issue a writ of certiorari with respect to Parliament in the process of impeaching the Chief Justice, who was accused of financial impropriety?
  • Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
  • Civil Procedure
Sri Lanka
  • English
Feb 21, 2014
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?
  • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
Zimbabwe
  • English
Jun 28, 2018
SUP RAP 726 2017
Jun 19, 2019
Sep 15, 2020
Judgment
Political parties and coalitions must register indigenous peoples´ representatives as candidates in at least 13 electoral districts
  • Quotas
Mexico
  • Spanish
Dec 14, 2017
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
6- Egodaweie v. Commissioner of Elections
Jul 10, 2019
Nov 4, 2020
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?
  • Disputing Results
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
Sri Lanka
  • English
Apr 3, 2001
3- Liyanage v. Commissioner of Elections
Jul 10, 2019
Sep 16, 2020
Judgment
Recognition of political parties
  • Party Registration
Sri Lanka
  • English
Dec 17, 2014
5- Centre for Policy Alternatives v. Commissioner of Elections
Jul 10, 2019
Sep 16, 2020
Judgment
Filling of vacancies in the membership of provincial councils
  • Candidate Registration
  • Party Registration
Sri Lanka
  • English
Mar 17, 2003
9- Thavaneethan v. Commissioner of Elections
Jul 10, 2019
Nov 4, 2020
Judgment
Vote as a fundamental right
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
Sri Lanka
  • English
Mar 25, 2003
Deshapriya v. Divisional Secretary
Jul 10, 2019
Nov 19, 2020
Judgment
Whether public officers may be required to canvas for elected officials?
  • Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
  • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
Sri Lanka
  • English
Aug 20, 1999
12- Mendis v. Kumaratunga
Jul 10, 2019
Sep 16, 2020
Judgment
The Petitioners presented their case on the basis of an infringement pertaining to the acquisition of land on the premise that such land would be utilized to serve a public purpose whereas, by this impugned executive or administrative action the land was knowingly, deliberately and manipulatively sold to a private entrepreneur to serve as an exclusive and private golf resort in Sri Lanka, one carrying a membership fee of Rs. 250,000.
  • Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
Sri Lanka
  • English
Jul 31, 2008
13- Nanayakkara v. Choksy (John Keells Case)
Jul 10, 2019
Sep 16, 2020
Judgment
    • Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
    Sri Lanka
    • English
    Jun 26, 2008
    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.
    • Accessibility
    • Electoral Integrity
    • Health Concerns & Election Administration
    United States of America
    • English
    Apr 6, 2020
    Abubakar v. Independent Electoral Commission
    Jun 3, 2020
    Nov 4, 2020
    Judgment
    Whether the President was not duly elected to his position based upon alleged corruption in the vote counting.
    • Civil Procedure
    • Disputing Results
    • Electoral Integrity
    Nigeria
    • English
    Nov 5, 2019

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