Library • Election Judgments

Title	Date added	Template	Question Presented	Legal Issue(s)	Country	Language of Decision	Date of decision
Winnemucca v. United States	Jun 19, 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
Electoral Commission v. Watson	Jun 19, 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
Szuchewycz v. Attorney General	Jun 23, 2020	Judgment	Whether the provision on which the candidate’s registration were denied are in violation of the Charter.	Candidate Registration	Canada	English	Oct 25, 2017
Re Culleton	Jun 9, 2020	Judgment		Candidate Registration	Nigeria	English	Jan 31, 2017
Obradovic v. Bosnia and Herzegovina	Jul 8, 2019	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
PAN v. PRI (SM JIN 0035 2015)	Aug 7, 2020	Judgment	Whether the Governor's presence and irregularities are sufficient to annul the election results.	Disputing Results Electoral Administration Irregularities Electoral Integrity Social Media	Mexico	Spanish	Aug 4, 2017
Seawright v. Board of Elections & In re Hawatmeh v. State Board of Elections	Jul 27, 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
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.	Civil Procedure Electoral Integrity	South Africa	English	Jul 14, 2001
Siwale v. Electoral Commission of Zambia	Aug 7, 2019	Judgment	Can the referendum proceed without being voted on as a bill as constitutionally required?	Disputing Results Voter Registration	Zambia	English	Feb 14, 2018
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe v. ZANU-PF	Jun 19, 2019	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	Judgment	Political parties and coalitions must register indigenous peoples´ representatives as candidates in at least 13 electoral districts	Quotas	Mexico	Spanish	Dec 14, 2017
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?	Campaign Finance Electoral Integrity	United States of America	English	Jan 21, 2010
Election Resource Centre v. Charumbira	Jun 19, 2019	Judgment	Is it inappropriate for a tribal leader to make public statements in support of a party?	Candidate Registration	Zimbabwe	English	May 23, 2018
2017 (Gyo Tsu) 47 [Judgments concerning the constitutionality of the provisions on the apportionment of seats for members (to be elected by constituency) of the House of Councillors stipulated in Article 14 and Appended Table 3 of the Public Offices Election Act]	Jun 29, 2020	Judgment	Whether the electoral code system, in light of the migration from constituencies, should be declared unconstitutional?	Voting Systems (Winner-take-all, proportional, etc.)	Japan	English	Sep 17, 2017
Buriro v. Shah	Jun 30, 2020	Judgment	Where the citizenship requirement for candidacy may be met by a renunciation of dual citizenship.	Candidate Registration	Pakistan	English	Jan 23, 2019
Rind v. Balochistan	Jun 30, 2020	Judgment	Whether failure to disclose education was grounds for disqualifying the petitioner as a candidate.	Candidate Registration	Pakistan	English	Sep 19, 2018
K., B., & S. v. Government Council	Jul 1, 2020	Judgment	Whether a voter is deprived of their right to vote if they vote for a candidate that has orally withdrawn from the race, but that withdraw is not recognized by the Governor and the candidate’s name appears on the ballot?	Elections as a Fundamental Right Vote Form Irregularities	Switzerland	German	Feb 11, 1987
Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Miguel Angel Yunes Linares (SUP JRC 0168 2016)	Aug 7, 2020	Judgment	Whether Facebook posts that indicate a political position, but do not solicit votes constitute pre-campaign activity.	Social Media	Mexico	Spanish	Apr 25, 2016
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?	Electoral Integrity Social Media	Mexico	Spanish	Apr 20, 2016
Jupica vs Nec	Aug 26, 2020	Judgment	Whether the postponement of the Liberian elections to a date when the Ebola threat was still ongoing was unconstitutional?	Electoral Administration Irregularities EMB Independence Health Concerns & Election Administration	Liberia	English	Jan 13, 2016
Goodface v. Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 2020 Election Board	Aug 27, 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
Self Determination Movement v. CEP	May 22, 2020	Judgment	Whether the plaintiff sufficiently alleged that the irregularities in voting warranted renumbering the ballots.	Civil Procedure Vote Form Irregularities Vote Verification and Transmission	Kosovo	English	Oct 10, 2019
Party of Kosovo Serbs v. Serbian List	May 22, 2020	Judgment		Civil Procedure Technology	Kosovo	English	Oct 10, 2019
Pacolli v. Central Election Commission	May 22, 2020	Judgment	Whether the court may hear the merits of a complaint on the voting counts are most polling stations.	Civil Procedure Vote Form Irregularities	Kosovo	English	Oct 10, 2019
Levizja Vetevendosje v. Central Election Commission	May 22, 2020	Judgment	Whether the ballots postmarked well before the election, but not received by the CRC, must be counted as valid ballots.	Vote Verification and Transmission	Kosovo	English	Oct 28, 2019
Curling v. Raffensperger	May 22, 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
Aryeh Bain v. Chief Electoral Officer	Jun 23, 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
Australian Electoral Commission v. Johnston	Jun 9, 2020	Judgment		Electoral Administration Irregularities Electoral Integrity	Australia	English	Feb 18, 2014
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.	Disputing Results Electoral Integrity	Canada	English	May 23, 2013
Review of the Constitutionality of Section Five of the Riigikogu Election Act	Jun 26, 2020	Judgment		Campaign Finance	Estonia	English	May 18, 2017

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