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Quinn Leandro v. Jonas
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 27, 2010
Judgment
(Mexico) SCM JDC 0412 2021
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Apr 3, 2021
Judgment
(Mexico) SM JDC 0167 2021
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Mar 31, 2021
Judgment
(Mexico) SUP 2020 REC 102 924628
- Question Presented
- 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.”
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Indigenous Persons
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Sep 15, 2020
Judgment
(Mexico) SX JE 0003 2021
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Jan 21, 2021
Judgment
Antonio Pedro de Siqueira Indio da Costa v. Public Electoral Ministry (No. 1825-24.2010.6.00.0000)
- Question Presented
- Whether tweets announcing candidacy before the election period violate the Election Law because it is a publicly accessible platform.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Social Media
- Country
- Brazil
- Language of Decision
- Portuguese
- Date of decision
- Jun 4, 2010
Judgment
Aryeh Bain v. Chief Electoral Officer
- Question Presented
- Whether setting election day as a Jewish holiday violates the right to vote?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- EMB Operation
- Country
- Canada
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 26, 2019
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
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 18, 2018
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
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Dec 12, 2000
Judgment
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Canada
- Question Presented
- Whether the broadcasting restricted and alleged Charter violations therein may be heard on an expedited review basis.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Social Media
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Canada
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Apr 11, 2011
Judgment
Chiafalo v. Washington
- Question Presented
- Whether a pledge requirement and sanction violates the Electors Constitutional right to pledge electoral votes regardless of voter preference?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jul 6, 2020
Judgment
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
- Question Presented
- 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?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 21, 2010
Judgment
Curling v. Raffensperger
- Question Presented
- Whether Georgia's electronic voting system diminishes the voter's First and Fourteenth Amendment right due to threats of inadequacy and inaccuracy.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electronic Voting
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Aug 15, 2019
Judgment
Goodface v. Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 2020 Election Board
- Question Presented
- Whether a Federal Court may hear a Tribal candidate eligibility claim under the federal question doctrine?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Civil Procedure
- Indigenous Persons
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Aug 25, 2020
Judgment
Hughes v. Human Rights Commission
- Legal Issue(s)
- Accessibility
- Country
- Canada
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 12, 2010
Judgment
In re Article 138 Electoral Code — No. 0382-E8-2018
- Question Presented
- What is the scope of the Electoral Code as it pertains to the dissemination of opinion polls and surveys by companies and organizations not registered with the Electoral Administration when dispersed through social media platforms?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Social Media
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Jan 16, 2018
Judgment
In Re Case No. 9768, 9780 & 9828
- Question Presented
- Whether the elections violated the citizen’s political rights even though the domestic options were exhausted.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Integrity
- EMB Independence
- EMB Operation
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 17, 1990
Judgment
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
In re Luis Gullermo Otoya Gertds
- Question Presented
- Whether an alleged vote counting inconsistency is sufficient to sustain a claim for election annulment without a claim of harm?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Jun 2, 2014
Judgment
In re Representation of People Act and the September 7, 2015 Elections.
- Question Presented
- Whether the potential for Chief Justice bias is sufficient to overturn the dismissal of a petition challenging election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 6, 2020
Judgment
In re Valdes
- Question Presented
- Whether a judicial election taking place after a newly election procedure was passed, but initiated before has ground for annulment.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Colombia
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Feb 23, 2017
Judgment
In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Apr 4, 2022
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
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 24, 2021
Judgment
Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Andrés Manuel López Obrador (SUP RAP 0268 2012)
- Question Presented
- Whether Twitter posts and Youtube videos constitute campaign acts?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Social Media
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- May 24, 2012
Judgment
Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Miguel Angel Yunes Linares (SUP JRC 0168 2016)
- Question Presented
- Whether Facebook posts that indicate a political position, but do not solicit votes constitute pre-campaign activity.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Social Media
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Apr 25, 2016
Judgment
Joseph v. Codrington
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 30, 2009
Judgment
King v. Whitmer
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Frivolous Litigation
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Aug 25, 2021
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
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
- Country
- Canada
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 23, 2013
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