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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
Region
Middle East and North Africa
Country
Egypt
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 26, 2013
Judgment
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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
Region
Middle East and North Africa
Country
Egypt
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 3, 2013
Judgment
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Decision No. 1 (1995)

Question Presented
Whether a law that permits the Prime Minister to exercise his discretionary power to transfer or declare a vacancy for the position of the President of the Supreme Court of char’i jaafarite contradicts the principle of “separation of powers” and should be repealed.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Civil Procedure
Region
Middle East and North Africa
Country
Lebanon
Language of Decision
  • French
Date of decision
Nov 2, 1995
Judgment
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City for All List, et. al v. Palestinian Central Election Commission, et. al

Question Presented
Whether the error in registration on the voter list of one candidate from an independent candidate list should result in rejecting the application of all the candidates on the list, and thus the entire list, from running for election.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Eligibility
  • Candidate Registration
Region
Middle East and North Africa
Country
Palestine
Language of Decision
  • Arabic
Date of decision
Apr 23, 2017
Judgment
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Sabha Primary Court Case #8

Question Presented
Should elections be annulled when multiple irregularities occurred related to polling date announcements, voters lists, infrastructure, coercion, and vote-buying?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
Region
Middle East and North Africa
Country
Libya
Language of Decision
  • Arabic
Date of decision
Apr 27, 2019
Judgment
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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
Region
Middle East and North Africa
Country
Egypt
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Feb 13, 2013
Judgment
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Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed

Question Presented
Where the constituency representation scheme violates the reasonableness standard.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
Region
Middle East and North Africa
Country
Egypt
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Mar 15, 2015
Judgment
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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.)
Region
Middle East and North Africa
Country
Egypt
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 14, 2012
Judgment
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Albayda Judgment – Ali Tarhouni Case II (2016)

Question Presented
Whether the chairman of the CDA lost his Libyan citizenship and eligibility for office by obtaining American citizenship and marrying a foreigner.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
Region
Middle East and North Africa
Country
Libya
Language of Decision
  • Arabic
Date of decision
Nov 28, 2016
Judgment
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Albayda Judgment - Emergency Procedural Ruling

Question Presented
Whether Libyan Constitution Drafting Assembly (“CDA”) members’ procedural change on vote quorum, from requiring 2/3 majority plus one of the entire CDA to 2/3 majority plus one of present members, violated the law.
Region
Middle East and North Africa
Country
Libya
Language of Decision
  • Arabic
Date of decision
Dec 19, 2016
Judgment
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Self Determination Movement v. CEP

Question Presented
Whether the plaintiff sufficiently alleged that the irregularities in voting warranted renumbering the ballots.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Civil Procedure
  • Vote Form Irregularities
  • Vote Verification and Transmission
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Kosovo
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Oct 10, 2019
Judgment
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Party of Kosovo Serbs v. Serbian List

Legal Issue(s)
  • Civil Procedure
  • Technology
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Kosovo
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Oct 10, 2019
Judgment
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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
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Kosovo
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Oct 10, 2019
Judgment
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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
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Kosovo
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Oct 28, 2019
Judgment
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Kosovo Police v. Mustafa

Question Presented
Whether a candidate violated the Law of General Elections prohibition on taking advantage of a public employee during a campaign period when the candidate used photo of the Kosovo Police Chief?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Campaign Finance
  • Candidate Registration
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Kosovo
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 10, 2019
Judgment
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Popular Parliamentary Group of Congress of Deputies (Review of Law)

Question Presented
Whether the ballot parity is sufficiently remedied in the voter pool. Whether such quotas are constitutional.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Gender
  • Quotas
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Spain
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Feb 29, 2008
Judgment
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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
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
France
Language of Decision
  • French
Date of decision
Dec 2, 2017
Judgment
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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
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Ireland
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Mar 30, 2017
Judgment
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Polluaas for Annulment of Electronic Votes Cast in the Riigikogu Elections 2011

Legal Issue(s)
  • Vote Form Irregularities
  • Vote Verification and Transmission
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Estonia
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Mar 23, 2011
Judgment
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Raatsin for the Declaration of Invalidity of the Voting Results of the Riigikogu Elections of 2011

Legal Issue(s)
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Electronic Voting
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Estonia
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Mar 23, 2011
Judgment
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Huarte-Mendicoa v. Basque Parliament Act

Legal Issue(s)
  • Gender
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Spain
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Jan 19, 2009
Judgment
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In re the Icelandic Presidential Election of 2012

Question Presented
Whether the inability of disabled voters to cast secret ballots is sufficient grounds for annulling election results.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Electoral Integrity
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Iceland
Language of Decision
  • Icelandic
Date of decision
Jun 6, 2012
Judgment
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Hvit Election Alliance v. Attorney General

Question Presented
Whether a discriminatory election alliance member's criminal conviction violates domestic law and the ECHR?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
  • Party Registration
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Norway
Language of Decision
  • Norwegian
Date of decision
Nov 28, 1997
Judgment
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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
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Germany
Language of Decision
  • German
Date of decision
Oct 23, 2020
Judgment
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VerfGBbg, judgment of 23 October 2020 - VfGBbg 9/19

Question Presented
Are gender quotas constitutional?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Gender
  • Quotas
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Germany
Language of Decision
  • German
Date of decision
Oct 23, 2020
Judgment
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VerfGH Thuringia, 07/15/2020 - VerfGH 2/20

Question Presented
Is a gender quota statute constitutional?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Gender
  • Quotas
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Germany
Language of Decision
  • German
Date of decision
Jul 15, 2020
Judgment
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Decision No. 207182

Question Presented
Whether a voter’s electoral rights are violated when the question asked in a referendum is unclear and information about the question is not readily available at the polling site.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Vote Form Irregularities
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Serbia
Language of Decision
  • Serbian
Date of decision
Feb 3, 2022
Judgment
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Decision 207183

Question Presented
Whether the Sabac City Assembly was the proper authority to hear a challenge about the conduct of a referendum.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Civil Procedure
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Serbia
Language of Decision
  • Serbian
Date of decision
Feb 3, 2022
Judgment
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Presidential Petition on Local Government Council Election Act Amendment

Question Presented
Is the Local Government Council Election Act Amendment unconstitutional?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electronic Voting
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Estonia
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Sep 1, 2005
Judgment
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EVMs in 2005 German Elections

Question Presented
Was the use of EVMs in the elections erroneous and unconstitutional enough to annul the elections?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electronic Voting
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Germany
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Mar 3, 2009
Judgment
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