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14- Attorney General v. Chief Justice
- Question Presented
- Did the Court of Appeal have the power to issue a writ of certiorari with respect to Parliament in the process of impeaching the Chief Justice, who was accused of financial impropriety?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Civil Procedure
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Feb 21, 2014
Judgment
SUP RAP 0749 2017
- Question Presented
- The Electoral Tribunal considered that the pre-opening of ballot boxes for the identification of improperly deposited ballots by citizens on Election Day exceeds the attributions of the National Electoral Institute, and trespasses the principles of legislative power, legal certainty and safety, by modifying the scrutiny and count procedure, as well as of the transfer of electoral packages.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Feb 14, 2018
Judgment
12- Mendis v. Kumaratunga
- Question Presented
- The Petitioners presented their case on the basis of an infringement pertaining to the acquisition of land on the premise that such land would be utilized to serve a public purpose whereas, by this impugned executive or administrative action the land was knowingly, deliberately and manipulatively sold to a private entrepreneur to serve as an exclusive and private golf resort in Sri Lanka, one carrying a membership fee of Rs. 250,000.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jul 31, 2008
Judgment
13- Nanayakkara v. Choksy (John Keells Case)
- Legal Issue(s)
- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jun 26, 2008
Judgment
Democratic Alliance v. Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the Commission is able to make this determination and implement the enforcement action.
- Legal Issue(s)
- EMB Operation
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
Judgment
Freedom Front Plus v. Electoral Commission of South Africa
- Legal Issue(s)
- EMB Operation
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Apr 29, 2019
Judgment
Union NSW v. New South Wales
- Question Presented
- Whether Election Code s 96D, and 95G6 are inconsistent with the Australia Constitution.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Country
- Australia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Dec 13, 2013
Judgment
SUP RAP 0042 2018
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electronic Voting
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Mar 22, 2018
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
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- May 26, 2013
Judgment
Chester v. Secretary of State for Justice
- Legal Issue(s)
- Judicial Independence
- Voter Registration
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Oct 16, 2013
Judgment
Attorney General v. Taylor
- Question Presented
- Whether the 2010 Electoral Amendment Act is inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act due to the provision disenfranchising prisoners
- Legal Issue(s)
- Judicial Independence
- Voter Registration
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Nov 9, 2019
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
- Election Type
- Review of law
- 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
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Feb 23, 2017
Judgment
Western Native Voice v. Stapleton
- Question Presented
- Whether the Ballot Interference Prevention Act violates the Plaintiff’s right to vote, right to free speech, right to association, and due process.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Indigenous Persons
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Sep 25, 2020
Judgment
National Elections Commission v. Siebo
- Question Presented
- Whether the respondent lost his right to appeal the Review Panel rejection of his application when he failed to meet the Election Commission’s deadline.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Civil Procedure
- Country
- Liberia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Sep 19, 2017
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
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jul 6, 2020
Judgment
Hong Kong Police Force v. Electoral Affairs Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether a publicly accessible voter list violates the right to privacy?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Voter Registration
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- May 5, 2020
Judgment
Wendenberg v. Netherlands
- Question Presented
- Whether an electoral bribe must be for the amount promised in order to be a criminal offense.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Criminal Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Netherlands
- Language of Decision
- Dutch
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Apr 9, 2019
Judgment
2018Hun-Ma551
- Question Presented
- Whether prohibiting elementary and secondary schoolteachers from establishing and joining political parties unreasonably infringes on their right to freedom of association. Whether the ban on elementary and secondary schoolteachers creating or being members of “other political organizations” as stated in Article 65(1) of the State Public Officials Act is clear and meets the balancing test set up by the court to justify a restriction on political rights.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Freedom of association and assembly
- Voters' Rights
- Country
- South Korea
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Apr 23, 2020
Judgment
CH-02
- Question Presented
- Are elements of the national electoral code that define allotment of legislative seats across the country's 10 districts (based off population patterns and anticipated growth in 1987) in conflict with the Constitution, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the American Convention of Human Rights, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- Country
- Suriname
- Language of Decision
- Dutch
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Aug 5, 2022
Judgment
Mavedzenge v. Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
- Question Presented
- Applicant seeks declaration of constitutional invalidity of Electoral Act section 192(6), particularly striking the phrase "approved by the Minister" from the provision. Is the Minister's approval requirement tantamount to the ZEC being subject to his direction and control?
- Legal Issue(s)
- EMB Independence
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- May 31, 2018
Judgment
In re Sixty-two deputies of the Group Popular Parliamentary of Congress
- Question Presented
- Whether Spain's gender quotas violate the Spanish Constitution (art. 3.7, 20.4-7)
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Spain
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Feb 13, 2009
Judgment
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
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Sep 1, 2005
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
- Election Type
- Review of law
- 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
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jan 14, 1999
Judgment
APDH v. Cote d'Ivoire
- Question Presented
- Whether the composition of the IEC is in conformity with the Constitution.
- Legal Issue(s)
- EMB Independence
- EMB Operation
- Country
- Ivory Coast
- Language of Decision
- English
- French
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Nov 18, 2016
Judgment
My Vote Counts NPC v. Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
- Question Presented
- Is the current Promotion of Access to Information Act unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jun 21, 2018
Judgment
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
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Mar 23, 2011
Judgment
New Nation Movement NPC and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa
- Question Presented
- Whether the requirement of political party membership for candidate eligibility is constitutional.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Election Type
- Review of law
- Date of decision
- Jun 11, 2020
Judgment