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Wisconsin Legislature v. Evers (state Supreme Court Decision, please see United States Supreme Court order on the application for stay)
- Question Presented
- Whether the Governor may suspend election laws two days before the election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Accessibility
- Electoral Integrity
- Health Concerns & Election Administration
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Apr 6, 2020
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
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jun 18, 2018
Judgment
Human Rights Network of Uganda v. Attorney General
- Question Presented
- 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?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Mar 26, 2020
Judgment
Joseph v. Codrington
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jun 30, 2009
Judgment
Quinn Leandro v. Jonas
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 27, 2010
Judgment
2017 (Gyo Tsu) 47 [Judgments concerning the constitutionality of the provisions on the apportionment of seats for members (to be elected by constituency) of the House of Councillors stipulated in Article 14 and Appended Table 3 of the Public Offices Election Act]
- Question Presented
- Whether the electoral code system, in light of the migration from constituencies, should be declared unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Voting Systems (Winner-take-all, proportional, etc.)
- Country
- Japan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Sep 17, 2017
Judgment
Buriro v. Shah
- Question Presented
- Where the citizenship requirement for candidacy may be met by a renunciation of dual citizenship.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Pakistan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jan 23, 2019
Judgment
Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott
- Question Presented
- Whether the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a disability under Texas law sufficient to modify the vote-by-mail system.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Health Concerns & Election Administration
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jun 4, 2020
Judgment
Sinnott v. Minister for the Environment
- Question Presented
- Whether the plaintiff's inability to cast a secret ballot based on his visual impairment violated his right to vote.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Country
- Ireland
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Mar 30, 2017
Judgment
Obradovic v. Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Question Presented
- Whether the plaintiff's dismissal from the military banned him from participating in the General Election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2003
Judgment
Jupica vs Nec
- Question Presented
- Whether the postponement of the Liberian elections to a date when the Ebola threat was still ongoing was unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- EMB Independence
- Health Concerns & Election Administration
- Country
- Liberia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jan 13, 2016
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
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Aug 25, 2020
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
- Election Type
- General
- 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
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Dec 16, 2020
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
- Country
- Kenya
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jun 5, 2013
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
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Aug 15, 2019
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
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jan 21, 2010
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
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
Judgment
Electoral Commission v. Watson
- Question Presented
- Whether the video and song Planet Key are considered election advertisements and/or election programs.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Social Media
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 20, 2016
Judgment
Re Culleton
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Nigeria
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jan 31, 2017
Judgment
Rind v. Balochistan
- Question Presented
- Whether failure to disclose education was grounds for disqualifying the petitioner as a candidate.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Pakistan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Sep 19, 2018
Judgment
Ronan v. Regional Electoral Office
- Question Presented
- Whether the business entity was formed for the candidate to utilize the funds as illegal campaign funds
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Country
- Brazil
- Language of Decision
- Portuguese
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- May 14, 2019
Judgment
Seawright v. Board of Elections & In re Hawatmeh v. State Board of Elections
- Question Presented
- Whether late filings during the COVID-9 pandemic constitute unique circumstances that would permit remedy of the fatal defect when otherwise not provide in law.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Health Concerns & Election Administration
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- May 21, 2020
Judgment
Party of Kosovo Serbs v. Serbian List
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Technology
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2019
Judgment
Pacolli v. Central Election Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the court may hear the merits of a complaint on the voting counts are most polling stations.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 10, 2019
Judgment
Levizja Vetevendosje v. Central Election Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the ballots postmarked well before the election, but not received by the CRC, must be counted as valid ballots.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 28, 2019
Judgment
Rucho v. Common Cause
- Question Presented
- Whether partisan issues such as gerrymandering are justiciable by the court.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jun 27, 2019
Judgment
People's Democratic Party v. Degi Eremienyo
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Civil Procedure
- Country
- Nigeria
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Feb 13, 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
- Country
- Nigeria
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Jan 20, 2020
Judgment
Swamy v. Election Commission
- Question Presented
- Are current EVMs up to international standards? Is a paper trail/receipt necessary in electronic voting?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electronic Voting
- Country
- India
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- General
- Date of decision
- Oct 8, 2013
Judgment