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In re Gomez
- Question Presented
- Whether criminal charges against an elected officeholder are sufficient to revoke the position on a temporary basis?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Criminal Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Chile
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Dec 23, 2008
Judgment
Ramos Rojas v. Sanabria Chacón
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Dec 3, 2020
Judgment
Núñez de Armas v. Magdaniel Hernández
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Dec 16, 2020
Judgment
Ledezma Acosta v. Ausecha Ordóñez and Armando Guevara Bravo
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Disputing Results
- Party Registration
- Quotas
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Sep 17, 2020
Judgment
Monroy Hernandez v. Molano Granados
- Question Presented
- Whether the election of a municipal elected official should be nullified and/or her candidacy deemed ineligible on charges of nepotism due to her father holding a government position, which exercised administrative authority, within twelve months of her election even if there is no proof that he used or abused his position to further her candidacy.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Mar 12, 2020
Judgment
Medina Padilla v. Aguilar Hurtado
- Question Presented
- Whether an election should be annulled because the elected candidate received an endorsement from registered members of a political party, along with some of that party’s militants, other than the candidate’s registered party.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Disputing Results
- Party Registration
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Aug 20, 2020
Judgment
Ospina Carballo v. Restrepo Gallego
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Nov 5, 2020
Judgment
Ortiz Daza v. Act Declaring the Election of Candelo Riascos
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Dec 10, 2020
Judgment
Zambrano Castro v. National Electoral Council
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Civil Procedure
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Oct 29, 2020
Judgment
Shura Council Speaker request for constitutional review of the draft law regulating the exercise of political rights.
- Question Presented
- Whether the draft law adheres to the current constitutional political protections.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Accessibility
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 26, 2013
Judgment
Mohamed v. Chairman of High Elections Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the elections of the Shura Council, Upper House, exceed the bodies authority and whether and actions taken by the body are consequently unconstitutional.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Electoral Integrity
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 3, 2013
Judgment
Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed
- Question Presented
- Where the constituency representation scheme violates the reasonableness standard.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Integrity
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 15, 2015
Judgment
Mustafa v. Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
- Question Presented
- Whether closed party lists and a first past the post system discriminates against independent candidates?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Electoral Integrity
- Voting Systems (Winner-take-all, proportional, etc.)
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 14, 2012
Judgment
Shura Council Speaker's request for constitutional review of the drafted law.
- Question Presented
- Whether the proposed provisions are constitutional.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 13, 2013
Judgment
Review of the Constitutionality of Section Five of the Riigikogu Election Act
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 18, 2017
Judgment
Décision n° 2015 465 QPC du 24 avril 2015 Conseil constitutionnel
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Date of decision
- Apr 24, 2015
Judgment
Décision n° 2001 445 DC du 19 juin 2001 Conseil constitutionnel
- Question Presented
- Whether section 33 of the French Institutional Act violates the Constitution.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- English
- French
- Date of decision
- Jun 19, 2001
Judgment
Décision n° 98 407 DC du 14 janvier 1999 Conseil constitutionnel
- Question Presented
- Whether the Electoral Code provision requiring parity between male and female candidates violates the French Constitution?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Gender
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- English
- French
- Date of decision
- Jan 14, 1999
Judgment
Harle v. France
- Question Presented
- Should elections be annulled when 1) there were inconsistencies between the number of ballot papers and signatures, and 2) the candidate violated electoral propaganda laws when he posted a personal propaganda photo on his Facebook?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Social Media
- Technology
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Date of decision
- Dec 2, 2017
Judgment
Maurin v. France
- Question Presented
- Did the candidate violate campaign finance laws when he filed his campaign accounts late and failed to file certain expenses and financial notebooks?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Date of decision
- Feb 1, 2019
Judgment
BVerfG, decision of the Second Senate of December 15, 2020
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Dec 15, 2020
Judgment
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23. October 2020 - VfGBbg 55/19
- Question Presented
- Whether the gender quota under the Parity Act is constitutional
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Oct 23, 2020
Judgment
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23 October 2020 - VfGBbg 9/19
- Question Presented
- Are gender quotas constitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Oct 23, 2020
Judgment
VerfGH Thuringia, 07/15/2020 - VerfGH 2/20
- Question Presented
- Is a gender quota statute constitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Jul 15, 2020
Judgment
Prabowo Subianto & Sandiaga Salahudin Uno v. General Election Commission
- Question Presented
- Did the General Election Commission (KPU) violate the General Elections Code while conducting the vote count for the 2019 presidential election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Indonesia
- Language of Decision
- Indonesian
- Date of decision
- Jun 27, 2019
Judgment
Prabowo Subianto & Hatta Rajasa v. General Election Commission
- Question Presented
- Did the General Election Commission (KPU) violate the Presidential Election Law while conducting the vote count for the 2014 presidential election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Indonesia
- Language of Decision
- Indonesian
- Date of decision
- Aug 21, 2014
Judgment
Roeskan Effendi & Rohidin Mersyah v. General Election Commission of South Bengkulu
- Question Presented
- Did the General Election Commission (KPU) of South Bengkulu manipulate the official result “systematically, structurally, and massively” by conducting dishonest and unfair vote counting?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Indonesia
- Language of Decision
- Indonesian
- Date of decision
- Jan 8, 2009
Judgment
Ujung Iskandar & Bambang Purwanto v. General Election Commission of West Kotawaringin
- Question Presented
- Whether the Regional General Election Commission (KPU) of West Kotawaringin manipulated the official results “systematically, structurally, and massively” while conducting the vote counting for the regional head election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Indonesia
- Language of Decision
- Indonesian
- Date of decision
- Jun 7, 2010
Judgment
Surunuddin Dangga & Muchtar Silondae v. General Election Commission of South Konawe
- Question Presented
- Whether the Regional General Election Commission (KPU) of South Konawe manipulated the official results “systematically, structurally, and massively” while conducting the vote counting for the regional head election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Indonesia
- Language of Decision
- Indonesian
- Date of decision
- Aug 10, 2010
Judgment
Prabowo Subianto & Hatta Rajasa v. General Election Commission
- Question Presented
- Did the General Election Commission (KPU) violate the Presidential Election Law while conducting the vote count for the 2014 presidential election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Indonesia
- Language of Decision
- Indonesian
- Date of decision
- Aug 21, 2014
Judgment