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Title | Date added | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision | Legal Issue and/or Topic | Language |
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Barthelemy v. President of the Republic of Vanuatu | Jan 31, 2024 | 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 | |||
Samuel v. Chief Electoral Officer et al. | 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? |
| Marshall Islands |
| Aug 31, 2018 | ||
Lessons on the Use of Technology in Elections | Nov 8, 2023 | Resources |
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Alternative Dispute Resolution in Elections: Practitioner Brief | May 5, 2023 | Resources |
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Bench Book on Electoral Dispute Resolution | Oct 12, 2022 | Resources |
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Decision 207183 | Sep 19, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the Sabac City Assembly was the proper authority to hear a challenge about the conduct of a referendum. |
| Serbia |
| Feb 3, 2022 | ||
Decision No. 207182 | 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. |
| Serbia |
| Feb 3, 2022 | ||
Odhiambo Oduol v. Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission | 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. |
| Kenya |
| Jun 5, 2013 | ||
Ramos Rojas v. Sanabria Chacón | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | Whether a political party’s internal rules on candidacy criteria relating to nepotism may nullify an election of one of its registered candidates if he violated the party rules but otherwise met the eligibility criteria set up in the Constitution or statutes. |
| Colombia |
| Dec 3, 2020 | ||
Marube Ombeta, Kamotho Njenga v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)’s decision to implement the two-thirds gender rule for the 2022 elections is unconstitutional. Whether the IEBC’s decision to reject the petitioner’s candidate nominations list for the National Assembly and the Senate was unconstitutional. |
| Kenya |
| Jun 13, 2022 | ||
Election Dispute Resolution Report 2020 | Dec 23, 2021 | Resources |
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Election Case Law Analysis Series: Lessons for Regulating Campaigning on Social Media | Dec 22, 2021 | Resources |
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Election Case Law Analysis Series: Lessons on Gender Equality and Women’s Political Participation | Dec 22, 2021 | Resources |
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Guide Electoral, Tome III Référencement jurisprudentiel 2006-2018 | Dec 22, 2021 | Resources |
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King v. Whitmer | Nov 29, 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 | ||
Appeals declared by the Political Party "Dignity and Truth Platform" and the electoral candidate Andrei Năstase, by Political Party "Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova" and by the Electoral Council of the Chisinau Municipal Electoral District No. 1 | Oct 26, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the 2018 mayoral election in Chisinau were appropriately annulled due to violations of the electoral silence period on election day. |
| Moldova |
| Jun 25, 2018 | ||
Electoral Justice: Here, Now, Tomorrow [The Case of Serbia] | Oct 25, 2021 | Resources |
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The Right to Participate in the Government of One's Country in the Context of an Election Held During a Public Health Emergency or a Pandemic, Such as the COVID-19 Crisis, No. 001/2020, Advisory Opinion, African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights [Afr. Ct. H.P.R.] (July 16, 2021). | Jul 26, 2021 | Resources |
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Budding Democracy or Judicialisation: Lessons from Africa’s Emerging Electoral Jurisprudence | Jun 4, 2021 | Resources |
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Election Investigations Guidebook | Dec 28, 2020 | Resources |
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Germin Organization v. Central Election Commission | Oct 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the vote counting procedure violates the right to early vote for Kosovo citizens outside of Kosovo. Whether the complaint may be brought before a final decision is reached. |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 19, 2019 | ||
Karnwea v. National Elections Commission | Oct 1, 2020 | Judgment | Whether an investigation is necessary to prohibit a candidate from running when they allegedly do not meet the qualifications? Whether the Election Commission may go beyond the statutorily prescribed penalties for not meeting a qualification? |
| Liberia |
| Jul 20, 2017 | ||
Georgian Labour Party v. Georgia | Sep 23, 2020 | Resources |
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Incal v. Turkey | Sep 23, 2020 | Resources |
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Atakishi v. Azerbaijan | Sep 23, 2020 | Resources |
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Domingo v. Commission on Elections | Sep 23, 2020 | Judgment | Whether there was sufficient evidence to conclude that the incumbent mayor prodded potential Board of Election Inspectors for the City? |
| Phillippines |
| Dec 1, 1998 | ||
Kerimova v. Azerbaijan | Sep 23, 2020 | Resources |
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Hajili v. Azerbaijan | Sep 23, 2020 | Resources |
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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. |
| South Africa |
| Jul 14, 2001 | ||
Gandhi v. Narain | Sep 23, 2020 | Judgment | Whether legislative acts passed during the appeals process may be retroactively applied to validate an election currently in the courts. |
| India |
| Jul 11, 1975 |