Library • Election Judgments

Title	Date added	Template	Question Presented	Legal Issue(s)	Country	Language of Decision	Date of decision
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.	Candidate Registration Gender Quotas	Kenya	English	Jun 13, 2022
In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani	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.	Civil Procedure Disputing Results	United States of America	English	Apr 4, 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.	Accessibility Electoral Administration Irregularities Vote Form Irregularities	Serbia	Serbian	Feb 3, 2022
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.	Civil Procedure Electoral Administration Irregularities	Serbia	Serbian	Feb 3, 2022
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.	Frivolous Litigation	United States of America	English	Aug 25, 2021
O’Rourke v. Dominion Voting Systems, Inc	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
In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani, an Attorney (United States)	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
Conseil d'État (CE), 4ème chambre, 31 May 2021, N° 441849 (unpublished in Lebon collection)	Jul 20, 2021	Judgment	Whether an incumbent mayoral candidate’s advertisement purchased and disseminated on Facebook prior to the campaign period violated article L. 52-1. Whether the level of voter abstention observed is sufficient to cancel electoral operations.	Disputing Results Social Media	France	French	May 31, 2021
Conseil d'État (CE), 6ème chambre, 28 May 2021, N° 445567 (unpublished in Lebon collection)	Jul 20, 2021	Judgment	There are a few issues. 1) Whether an opposing candidate’s advertisement purchased and disseminated on Facebook prior to the campaign period violated article L. 52-1; 2) Whether an outdoor campaign advertisement posted near a busy street and restaurant and shared on Facebook violated Article L. 51; 3) Whether the opposing candidate disseminated false or misleading information about voting by proxy procedures under Article L. 97; 4) Whether opposing candidate defamed complainant under Article 48-2 with a leaflet during the electoral silence period.; and 5) Whether the level of voter abstention observed is sufficient to cancel electoral operations.	Disputing Results Social Media	France	French	May 28, 2021
The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia v. The Harari Peoples’ Regional State, Harari National Congress	Oct 19, 2021	Judgment	Whether the decision by the Election Bench of the FSC ordering the NEBE to continue the practice, during the 6th general elections, of allowing members of the Harari community residing outside of the Harari People’s Regional State to elect members of the Harari National Congress (which is part of the Harari People’s Regional State Council (regional parliament)) contained an error of law.	Elections as a Fundamental Right	Ethiopia	Amharic	May 27, 2021
Supreme Court of Samoa, Faatuatua I Le Atua Samoa Ua Tasi (F.A.S.T. Party) v. Electoral Commissioner	Oct 19, 2021	Judgment	A couple of questions are presented to the Supreme Court. First, whether the Electoral Commissioner acted unlawfully when he activated Article 44(1A) and whether they are mandated to implement Article 44(1A), and if so, the timeframe to invoke it.	Gender Quotas	Samoa	English	May 14, 2021
(Mexico) SCM JDC 0412 2021	Jul 1, 2021	Judgment	Whether there is an obligation among political parties to comply with a candidate quota that included people from the LGBTQIA + community even though there was no legal order or law to do so.	Gender Quotas	Mexico	Spanish	Apr 3, 2021
(Mexico) SM JDC 0167 2021	Jul 1, 2021	Judgment	Whether it was incorrect that the request for a citizen's trial that he filed in the initial instance was processed as a complaint, considering that this is the ideal way in which a favorable resolution could be obtained that guarantees the inclusion of members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Whether political parties are obligated to have a quota for candidates that identify as LGBTQIA+ to guarantee their inclusion in the political process.	Gender Quotas	Mexico	Spanish	Mar 31, 2021
2018Hun-Ma456	Sep 14, 2022	Judgment	Whether the Public Official Election Act’s required verification of internet users when they post election-related content online during a campaign violates freedom of expression, freedom of anonymous speech, freedom of the press and the right to informational self-determination.	Criminal Procedure Social Media	South Korea	English	Jan 28, 2021
(Mexico) SX JE 0003 2021	Jun 23, 2021	Judgment	Whether there were procedural irregularities in the lower court’s decision based on the timeliness of the complaint and lack of notice by the court. Whether evidence from Facebook and WhatsApp demonstrating gender based political violence were illegally obtained and possess the truth and veracity it asserts.	Gender	Mexico	Spanish	Jan 21, 2021
Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners v. Independent Electoral Commission	Feb 17, 2021	Judgment	Whether the municipal government elections for four wards in the George Local Municipality should be annulled due to alleged wrongs and irregularities in the voting and counting procedures.	Disputing Results	South Africa	English	Jan 5, 2021
Núñez de Armas v. Magdaniel Hernández	Sep 13, 2022	Judgment	Whether a candidate must resign from his administrative position twelve months from the date of his registration as a candidate or twelve months from the date of the election to be eligible to run as a candidate.	Candidate Registration	Colombia	Spanish	Dec 16, 2020
BVerfG, decision of the Second Senate of December 15, 2020	Oct 6, 2021	Judgment	Whether the non-parity nomination of candidates for the Bundestag election by the parties constitutes a major electoral error that has a decisive impact on the distribution of seats and the validity of the election.	Gender	Germany	German	Dec 15, 2020
Ortiz Daza v. Act Declaring the Election of Candelo Riascos	Sep 13, 2022	Judgment	Whether a candidate is permitted to endorse a candidate from another party (“double militancy”) when he receives express permission or derogation from his own party to do so, despite the provision in law that prohibits this practice.	Candidate Registration Disputing Results	Colombia	Spanish	Dec 10, 2020
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.	Candidate Registration	Colombia	Spanish	Dec 3, 2020
Trump for President, Inc. v. Boockvar	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
Ospina Carballo v. Restrepo Gallego	Sep 13, 2022	Judgment	Whether a candidate in the Departmental Assembly of Valle del Cauca gubernatorial election is eligible to be allocated a seat as Deputy even if he or she won fewer votes than the “blank vote option,” which won the second highest number of votes.	Disputing Results	Colombia	Spanish	Nov 5, 2020
Zambrano Castro v. National Electoral Council	Sep 13, 2022	Judgment	Whether the rejection of an applicant’s mayoral candidacy should be overturned because he initiated a lawsuit to revoke disciplinary sanctions against him, thereby potentially qualifying him for a “pending lawsuit” exception as outlined in Article 100, Paragraph 8 of the General Code of Procedure.	Candidate Registration Civil Procedure	Colombia	Spanish	Oct 29, 2020
Decision 378/2020	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
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23. October 2020 - VfGBbg 55/19	Oct 19, 2021	Judgment	Whether the gender quota under the Parity Act is constitutional	Gender Quotas	Germany	German	Oct 23, 2020
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23 October 2020 - VfGBbg 9/19	Oct 19, 2021	Judgment	Are gender quotas constitutional?	Gender Quotas	Germany	German	Oct 23, 2020
Western Native Voice v. Stapleton	Oct 9, 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
In re Article 27 (3) & (8) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010	Oct 2, 2020	Judgment	Whether failure to enact the two-third gender rule despite Court orders to do so calls for dissolvement of the Parliament.	Gender Quotas	Kenya	English	Sep 21, 2020
Ledezma Acosta v. Ausecha Ordóñez and Armando Guevara Bravo	Sep 13, 2022	Judgment	Whether a candidate’s disqualification from running in an election should affect the eligibility of all the candidates on the political party’s candidate list, since as a result of the disqualification the entire list did not meet the gender quota minimum required by law.	Candidate Registration Disputing Results Party Registration Quotas	Colombia	Spanish	Sep 17, 2020
(Mexico) SUP 2020 REC 102 924628	Jul 1, 2021	Judgment	Whether indigenous customs for men to elect political leaders outweigh the principles of non-discrimination, equality and gender parity, as well as the right of "every woman [...] to a life free of violence, both in the public and private spheres" and to "freely and fully exercise their political rights.”	Gender Indigenous Persons	Mexico	Spanish	Sep 15, 2020

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