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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
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
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President of the Supreme Court of char’i jaafarite contradicts the principle of “separation of powers” and should be repealed.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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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