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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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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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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President of the Supreme Court of char’i jaafarite contradicts the principle of “separation of powers” and should be repealed.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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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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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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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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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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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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Conseil d'État (CE), 4ème chambre, 31 May 2021, N° 441849 (unpublished in Lebon collection)

Question Presented
Whether an incumbent mayoral candidate’s advertisement purchased and disseminated on Facebook prior to the campaign period violated article L. 52-1. Whether the level of voter abstention observed is sufficient to cancel electoral operations.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Social Media
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
France
Language of Decision
  • French
Date of decision
May 31, 2021
Judgment
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Conseil d'État (CE), 6ème chambre, 28 May 2021, N° 445567 (unpublished in Lebon collection)

Question Presented
There are a few issues. 1) Whether an opposing candidate’s advertisement purchased and disseminated on Facebook prior to the campaign period violated article L. 52-1; 2) Whether an outdoor campaign advertisement posted near a busy street and restaurant and shared on Facebook violated Article L. 51; 3) Whether the opposing candidate disseminated false or misleading information about voting by proxy procedures under Article L. 97; 4) Whether opposing candidate defamed complainant under Article 48-2 with a leaflet during the electoral silence period.; and 5) Whether the level of voter abstention observed is sufficient to cancel electoral operations.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Social Media
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
France
Language of Decision
  • French
Date of decision
May 28, 2021
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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Maurin v. France

Question Presented
Did the candidate violate campaign finance laws when he filed his campaign accounts late and failed to file certain expenses and financial notebooks?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Campaign Finance
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
France
Language of Decision
  • French
Date of decision
Feb 1, 2019
Judgment
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Yushchenko vs CEC

Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Ukraine
Language of Decision
  • Ukrainian
Date of decision
Dec 3, 2004
Judgment
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Jampen v. State Council

Question Presented
Whether when two distinct constituencies have a single electoral body and drastically different populations, the constituencies must be severed and granted their own electoral bodies.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Switzerland
Language of Decision
  • German
Date of decision
Mar 20, 1963
Judgment
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Chester v. Secretary of State for Justice

Legal Issue(s)
  • Judicial Independence
  • Voter Registration
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
United Kingdom
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Oct 16, 2013
Judgment
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In re 2016 Election of President of Iceland

Question Presented
Whether the prohibition of voters from signing support petitions for multiple candidates conflicts with Act. No. 36. 1945. Whether the plaintiff has a cause of action before elections take place.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Civil Procedure
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Iceland
Language of Decision
  • Icelandic
Date of decision
Jun 15, 2016
Judgment
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Srpska Radikalna Stranka v. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Question Presented
Whether the the PEC's decision to bar the Serb Radical Party from the elections for not meeting the conditions is reviewable by the the court.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Civil Procedure
  • Party Registration
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jan 1, 2000
Judgment
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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
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Oct 10, 2003
Judgment
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In re Constituent Assembly Elections of 2011

Question Presented
Whether the right to secrecy was violated in the 2011 election sufficient to annul the election results.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Electoral Integrity
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Iceland
Language of Decision
  • Icelandic
Date of decision
Jan 6, 2011
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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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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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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Balkan Investigative Reporting Network BIRN Internews and Kosova v. Serbian List

Question Presented
Whether the Serbian List's election spot violated the Election Code such that it incited hatred or violence.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
  • Social Media
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
Kosovo
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Sep 27, 2019
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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Décision n° 2015 465 QPC du 24 avril 2015 Conseil constitutionnel

Legal Issue(s)
  • Gender
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
France
Language of Decision
  • French
Date of decision
Apr 24, 2015
Judgment
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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
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Country
France
Language of Decision
  • English
  • French
Date of decision
Jun 19, 2001
Judgment
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