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Title | Date added | Date modified | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision | Legal Issue and/or Topic | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Siwale v. Electoral Commission of Zambia | Aug 7, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Can the referendum proceed without being voted on as a bill as constitutionally required? |
| Zambia |
| Feb 14, 2018 | ||
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? |
| Zimbabwe |
| 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 |
| Mexico |
| 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? |
| United States of America |
| Jun 18, 2018 | ||
Human Rights Network of Uganda v. Attorney General | May 20, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Public Order Management Act of 2013 violates the Uganda Constitution? Whether parliament and the executive may pass legislation in response to decision of the court? |
| Uganda |
| Mar 26, 2020 | ||
LVV Political Entity v. Central Election Commission | May 21, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the ballots declared invalid by the CRC were valid and should have been counted for in election totals? |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 19, 2019 | ||
BIRN v. Democratic League of Kosovo | May 21, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the claimant met its evidentiary burden for determining that the respondent violated election law. |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 6, 2019 | ||
Nisma-Akr-PD v. Polling Station 211B | May 21, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether there is sufficient evidence to bar the election officials from participating in elections or election administration after they lost ballots. |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 10, 2019 | ||
PDK v. Central Election Commission | May 21, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the technical omission from the Kosovo ballots warrants a recount prior to the final election results. |
| Kosovo |
| Oct 18, 2019 | ||
3- Liyanage v. Commissioner of Elections | Jul 10, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Recognition of political parties |
| Sri Lanka |
| Dec 17, 2014 | ||
9- Thavaneethan v. Commissioner of Elections | Jul 10, 2019 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Vote as a fundamental right |
| Sri Lanka |
| Mar 25, 2003 | ||
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. |
| United States of America |
| Apr 6, 2020 | ||
Thompson v. Hebdon | Jun 8, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether Alaska's $500 contribution limit violates the Fourteenth Amendment |
| United States of America |
| Nov 25, 2019 | ||
Mutharika v. Chilima | Jun 8, 2020 | Nov 19, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the standard that candidate must receive a majority of the votes means the highest percentage of votes or over 50%? |
| Malawi |
| May 8, 2020 | ||
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? |
| United States of America |
| Jan 21, 2010 | ||
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. |
| United States of America |
| Aug 15, 2019 | ||
Australian Electoral Commission v. Johnston | Jun 9, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment |
| Australia |
| Feb 18, 2014 | |||
Re Culleton | Jun 9, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Nigeria |
| Jan 31, 2017 | |||
Election Resource Centre v. Charumbira | Jun 19, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Is it inappropriate for a tribal leader to make public statements in support of a party? |
| Zimbabwe |
| May 23, 2018 | ||
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? |
| Bangladesh |
| Feb 18, 2016 | ||
McEwing v. Attorney General | Jun 23, 2020 | Nov 6, 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. |
| Canada |
| May 23, 2013 | ||
Hughes v. Human Rights Commission | Jun 23, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment |
| Canada |
| Feb 12, 2010 | |||
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Canada | Jun 23, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the broadcasting restricted and alleged Charter violations therein may be heard on an expedited review basis. |
| Canada |
| Apr 11, 2011 | ||
Review of the Constitutionality of Section Five of the Riigikogu Election Act | Jun 26, 2020 | Oct 9, 2021 | Judgment |
| Estonia |
| May 18, 2017 | |||
Ronan v. Regional Electoral Office | Jul 9, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the business entity was formed for the candidate to utilize the funds as illegal campaign funds |
| Brazil |
| May 14, 2019 | ||
Obradovic v. Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jul 8, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the plaintiff's dismissal from the military banned him from participating in the General Election? |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Oct 10, 2003 | ||
Inkatha Freedom Party v. Independent Electoral Commission | Sep 23, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether alleged electoral illegalities were sufficient to require an investigation into the election results. |
| South Africa |
| Jul 14, 2001 | ||
Ospina Carballo v. Restrepo Gallego | Sep 13, 2022 | 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. |
| Colombia |
| Nov 5, 2020 | ||
Ramos Rojas v. Sanabria Chacón | Sep 13, 2022 | 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 | ||
Núñez de Armas v. Magdaniel Hernández | Sep 13, 2022 | 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. |
| Colombia |
| Dec 16, 2020 |