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Abubakar v. Independent Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the President was not duly elected to his position based upon alleged corruption in the vote counting.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Nigeria
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Nov 5, 2019
Judgment
Ochieng' v. Orange Democratic Movement
- Question Presented
- Was the respondent's nomination free, fair, and credible? Should the election be annulled when the respondents locked themselves in a room with the ballot boxes and papers, preventing the petitioner from entering?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Kenya
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 14, 2017
Judgment
Odhiambo Oduol v. Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether petitioner’s affidavit verifying a video recording meets the evidentiary burden outlined in Section 107 of the Evidence Act relating to electronic evidence.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Kenya
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 5, 2013
Judgment
Masumba v. Kamondo
- Question Presented
- Whether the respondent was properly elected as a Member of Parliament on account of allegations made against him by the appellant of illegal acts or misconduct (i.e., defamation or inflammatory statements, intimidation and violence, and undue influence) during the campaign period.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Zambia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Nov 17, 2017
Judgment
Chilima v. Mutharika (lower court decision)
- Question Presented
- Whether the Electoral Commission breach its duty under section 76, 77, and 40 of the Constitution of Malawi. These duties include ensuring the absence of electoral irregularities, illegalities, and failed provide proper oversight and verification.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- EMB Operation
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Malawi
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 3, 2020
Judgment
Kyewalabye v. Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the plaintiff has the evidentiary burden to contest the election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 3, 2016
Judgment
Opendi v. Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the invalidation of seventeen polling station results is sufficient grounds to annul the election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 23, 2011
Judgment
Mwiru v. Samson
- Question Presented
- Whether the respondent’s education failed to meet the requirements for candidacy. If so, whether the respondent’s election as a Member of Parliament should be annulled.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 28, 2011
Judgment
Uzodinma v. Ihedioha
- Question Presented
- Whether the votes administered on incorrect ballots were improperly considered void. Whether the Governor failed to ascertain a majority vote based upon those results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Nigeria
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 14, 2020
Judgment
Yusuf v. INEC
- Question Presented
- Whether the respondent was not duly elected in the election and the re-run of the election.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Nigeria
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 20, 2020
Judgment
Timba v. Electoral Commission
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 9, 2014
Judgment
Kham v. Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- Should elections be annulled when the IEC did not provide timely access to voter rolls to the petitioners before elections?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Voter Registration
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Nov 1, 2015
Judgment
Tchimon v. Issouf
- Question Presented
- Whether violence and disturbance against voters at polling centers took place and whether the elected candidate (defendant) was aware/ responsible for these violations? Whether these violations at the polling stations altered the fairness of the polls on election day?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Ivory Coast
- Language of Decision
- French
- Date of decision
- Nov 30, 2018
Judgment
Siwale v. Electoral Commission of Zambia
- Question Presented
- Can the referendum proceed without being voted on as a bill as constitutionally required?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Voter Registration
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Zambia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 14, 2018
Judgment
National Elections Commission v. Brumskine
- Question Presented
- Should elections be annulled when there were late openings of polls, changes of polling stations, inaccurate voter registration lists, and an absence of queue controllers?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Voter Registration
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Liberia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Dec 7, 2017
Judgment
Hichilema v. Lungu
- Question Presented
- Does the Court have jurisdiction to hear the election petition after the expiry of the 14 day constitutionally prescribed period?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Zambia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 5, 2016
Judgment
Electoral Commission of Uganda v. Bakireke
- Question Presented
- Was the election conducted legally? Did non-compliance substantially affect the results? Did the winning candidate commit electoral offenses? Did the trial judge err in annulling the elections at the trial level?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 19, 2007
Judgment
Odinga v. IEBC
- Question Presented
- Which party has the burden of proof to contest an election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Kenya
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 1, 2017
Judgment
Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners v. Independent Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 5, 2021
Judgment
Benisek v. Lamone
- Question Presented
- 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?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Region
- Americas
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 18, 2018
Judgment
Joseph v. Codrington
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Region
- Americas
- Country
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 30, 2009
Judgment
Quinn Leandro v. Jonas
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Americas
- Country
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 27, 2010
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
- Region
- Americas
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Sep 17, 2020
Judgment
In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani, an Attorney (United States)
- Question Presented
- 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?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Americas
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 24, 2021
Judgment
Winnemucca v. United States
- Question Presented
- Whether the election of the Council Chairman and the Bureau of Indian Affairs’s nonrecognition of the new government is reviewable by the courts.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Indigenous Persons
- Region
- Americas
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
Judgment
Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj
- Question Presented
- Were irregularities related to voter registration significant enough to annul the elections? Which approach should be followed in determining electoral irregularities?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Americas
- Country
- Canada
- Language of Decision
- English
- French
- Date of decision
- Oct 25, 2012
Judgment
Bush v. Gore
- Question Presented
- Did the Florida Supreme Court violate Article II Section 1 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution by making new election law? Do standardless manual recounts violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Constitution?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Region
- Americas
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Dec 12, 2000
Judgment
PAN v. PRI (SM JIN 0035 2015)
- Question Presented
- Whether the Governor's presence and irregularities are sufficient to annul the election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Social Media
- Region
- Americas
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Aug 4, 2017
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
- Region
- Americas
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Mar 12, 2020
Judgment
McEwing v. Attorney General
- Question Presented
- Whether the phone calls had any impact on the final election results and if those results were sufficient to annul the election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Region
- Americas
- Country
- Canada
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 23, 2013
Judgment