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Gugum Ridho Putra v. Indonesia

Question Presented
Can Indonesian political candidates alter their "self-image" by posting and utilizing pictures and videos to substantively polish or change their political image? Does the Indonesian voter have a right to truthful information about candidates that is violated by excessive "self-image" manipulation done through AI technology?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Technology
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Indonesia
Language of Decision
  • Indonesian
Date of decision
Jan 2, 2025
Date added
Jul 28, 2026
Judgment

Călin Georgescu v. Romania

Question Presented
Did the Constitutional Court of Romania err in annulling the first round of elections or infringe upon Georgescu's right to a free election?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Improper Practices
  • Social Media
  • Technology
Country
Romania
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Mar 6, 2025
Date added
Jul 28, 2026
Judgment

Evandro Sá Barreto Leitão v. André Fernandes de Moura

Question Presented
Did defendant Leitao violate Brazilian Electoral Law when he posted and disseminated artificial intelligence generated videos of international celebrities including Barack Obama, Taylor Swift, Tom Cruise, and Cristiano Ronaldo endorsing his 2024 mayoral campaign on his TikTok profile?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Social Media
  • Technology
Country
Brazil
Language of Decision
  • Portuguese
Date of decision
May 8, 2026
Date added
Jul 28, 2026
Judgment

Partido Liberal v. Ricardo Pereira

Question Presented
Was the defendant Pereira liable for generating and disseminating an AI deepfake image masquerading as a “leaked photo”, which falsely portrayed a group of Brazilian politicians meeting over brunch?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Social Media
  • Technology
Country
Brazil
Language of Decision
  • Portuguese
Date of decision
Jun 8, 2026
Date added
Jul 28, 2026
Judgment

Allen v. Milligan

Question Presented
Whether Alabama's 2021 congressional redistricting plan (HB1) — which created only one majority-Black district out of seven in a state that is 27% Black — violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voting strength.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 8, 2023
Date added
Jul 15, 2026
Judgment

Abbott v. Perez

Question Presented
Whether the 2013 Texas congressional and state House redistricting plans violated the Equal Protection Clause (racial gerrymandering), Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (vote dilution), and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments (intentional discrimination) — and specifically whether the district court erred by finding that the 2011 discriminatory intent "carried over" into the 2013 plans enacted by the Legislature; holding that certain districts were racial gerrymanders where race was the predominant factor; finding Section 2 vote dilution in certain districts where plaintiffs could not demonstrate that an additional compact minority opportunity district was possible; and applying the wrong legal standard in distinguishing between racial motivation and partisan motivation in redistricting.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 25, 2018
Date added
Jul 14, 2026
Judgment

McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

Question Presented
Whether the Federal Election Campaign Act's (FECA) aggregate contribution limits — which cap the total amount an individual may contribute to all federal candidates and political committees combined in a two-year election cycle — violated the First Amendment by restricting political speech and association beyond what was necessary to prevent quid pro quo corruption. The specific question was whether the aggregate limits were "closely drawn" to the government's anti-circumvention interest, or whether they constituted an unconstitutional "outright ban" on further contributions to additional candidates and committees — particularly given that the base limits already prevented any single donor from giving more than the statutory maximum to any individual candidate or committee.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Campaign Finance
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Apr 2, 2014
Date added
Jul 14, 2026
Judgment

Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate

Question Presented
Whether Section 304 of BCRA — which limits the amount of post-election contributions that a campaign may use to repay a candidate's personal loans to the campaign — violated the First Amendment by burdening core political speech. The specific question was whether the Government could demonstrate that the loan-repayment limitation was "closely drawn" to a sufficiently important interest — namely, preventing quid pro quo corruption or its appearance — given that the limitation deters candidates from loaning money to their campaigns by increasing the risk that such loans will not be fully repaid.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Campaign Finance
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 16, 2022
Date added
Jul 14, 2026
Judgment

McConnell v. Federal Election Commission

Question Presented
Whether the two principal features of Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) — (1) the soft-money ban on national, state, and local political parties (Title I), and (2) the regulation of electioneering communications by corporations and unions, including disclosure requirements (Title II) — violated the First Amendment's protections of free speech and association. Subsidiary issues included whether BCRA exceeded Congress's Elections Clause authority, violated principles of federalism, violated equal protection by treating political parties differently from interest groups, and whether specific provisions (including the ban on contributions by minors, the "choice" provision requiring parties to choose between coordinated and independent expenditures, and various disclosure requirements) were constitutional.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Campaign Finance
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Dec 10, 2003
Date added
Jul 14, 2026
Judgment

Federal Election Committee v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee

Question Presented
Whether FECA's limits on a political party's coordinated expenditures — spending made by a party in cooperation, consultation, or concert with a candidate — are constitutional under the First Amendment as a means of preventing circumvention of the base contribution limits. Specifically, whether a party's coordinated expenditures, which function like contributions to the candidate, may be restricted to prevent donors from funneling large contributions through a party to a candidate.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Campaign Finance
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 25, 2001
Date added
Jul 14, 2026
Judgment

Shaw v. Reno

Question Presented
Whether a plaintiff may state a cognizable claim under the Equal Protection Clause by alleging that a legislature, though race-neutral on its face, drew district boundaries so bizarrely irregular that they can only be understood as an effort to separate voters into different districts on the basis of race — and whether such a racial gerrymander, even without proof of vote dilution, triggers strict scrutiny as a racial classification.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 28, 1993
Date added
Jul 14, 2026
Judgment

Buckley v. Valeo

Question Presented
Whether the various provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) — including limits on contributions, limits on expenditures (both by candidates and independent spenders), disclosure requirements, the public financing of presidential campaigns, and the structure of the FEC — violated the First Amendment's protection of political speech and association, the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection, and the Appointments Clause of the Constitution. The central question was whether the government's interest in preventing corruption and the appearance of corruption in federal elections could justify restrictions on political spending, and if so, which restrictions.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Campaign Finance
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jan 30, 1976
Date added
Jul 12, 2026
Judgment

Baker v. Carr

Question Presented
Whether a claim alleging that a state's legislative apportionment scheme violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment — by diluting the voting power of citizens in overpopulated districts — presents a justiciable controversy or is a non-justiciable "political question" that federal courts lack authority to adjudicate. This issue required the Court to revisit and overturn the precedent of Colegrove v. Green, 328 U.S. 549 (1946), which had held that federal courts should not intervene in reapportionment disputes.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Mar 26, 1962
Date added
Jul 12, 2026
Judgment

Cooper v. Harris

Question Presented
Whether North Carolina's 2011 congressional redistricting plan used race as the predominant factor in drawing Districts 1 and 12, thereby triggering strict scrutiny — and, if so, whether the State's use of race was narrowly tailored to a compelling government interest (specifically, compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act). A subsidiary issue was whether the legislature's pursuit of partisan advantage could explain the racial composition of the districts, thereby negating the claim that race predominated.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 22, 2017
Date added
Jul 12, 2026
Judgment

Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee

Question Presented
Whether Arizona's out-of-precinct ballot policy and ballot collection ban (HB 2023) violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and more broadly, what legal standard governs Section 2 challenges to "time, place, or manner" voting rules—specifically, whether the "totality of the circumstances" test from Thornburg v. Gingles and the Senate Factors applies to challenges to facially neutral voting procedures.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jul 1, 2021
Date added
Jul 10, 2026
Judgment

Shelby County v. Holder

Question Presented
Whether the coverage formula in Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act — which determined which jurisdictions were subject to the preclearance requirement of Section 5 — remained constitutionally valid after Congress reauthorized it in 2006 without updating the formula, given that the formula was based on decades-old data (voter registration and turnout from the 1960s and early 1970s) and practices (literacy tests) that had since been banned nationwide. More broadly, whether the formula violated the constitutional principle of equal sovereignty among the states by subjecting only certain jurisdictions to the extraordinary federal intrusion of preclearance.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 25, 2013
Date added
Jul 9, 2026
Judgment

Sentencia T-487/03

Question Presented
Whether the failure of the Registraduría to provide Braille electoral ballots to visually impaired voters violated their fundamental rights to political participation (Article 40 of the Constitution), equality (Article 13), and human dignity (Article 1) — and whether the provision of Braille ballots is a constitutionally mandated necessary consequence of the state's obligation to promote real and effective equality (igualdad real) for persons with disabilities.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Colombia
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Jun 11, 2003
Date added
Jul 9, 2026
Judgment

Sentencia C-025/21

Question Presented
Whether Article 6 of Law 1996 of 2019, which establishes the presumption of full legal capacity for all persons with disabilities regardless of whether they use supports, is constitutional; whether Article 53 of Law 1996 of 2019, which repealed all provisions related to interdiction and inhabilitation in the Colombian legal system, is constitutional; and whether the shift from a substitute decision-making model (guardianship/interdiction) to a supported decision-making model is consistent with the Colombian Constitution and Colombia's international obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), ratified by Colombia via Act 1346 of 2009.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Colombia
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Feb 4, 2021
Date added
Jul 9, 2026
Judgment

In the Matter of William Pughsley

Question Presented
Whether the circuit court erred in disqualifying William Pughsley from voting by applying an improper "base level understanding" standard—rather than the statutory standard of whether the individual can communicate, with or without accommodations, a desire to participate in the voting process—and whether the court erred in denying accommodations and the Supported Decision-Making Act petition.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date added
Jul 9, 2026
Judgment

Kasozi & 3 Ors v Attorney General & 2 Ors

Question Presented
Whether forcing PWDs to be members of NUDIPU-affiliated associations to vote (as per Regulation 10) violated their constitutional rights, including the freedom of association (Article 29(1)(e)), the right to participate in public affairs (Article 38(1)), the right to redress (Article 50(1)), and the right to vote (Article 59(1)); Whether Parliament unconstitutionally abdicated its mandate under Article 78(4) of the Constitution by delegating the power to create electoral procedures to a Minister instead of prescribing them directly through legislation; and whether the legal framework for PWD elections, particularly after the 2013 legislative amendments, was constitutional.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Freedom of association and assembly
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Uganda
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Sep 29, 2015
Date added
Jul 9, 2026
Judgment

August v Electoral Commission of South Africa

Question Presented
Whether prisoners retained their constitutional right to vote under the 1996 Constitution, and, if so, whether the IEC was obligated to take active steps to facilitate their registration and voting, particularly in the absence of any parliamentary legislation that explicitly disenfranchised them.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Voter Registration
  • Voters' Rights
Country
South Africa
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Apr 1, 1999
Date added
Jul 9, 2026
Judgment

Emily's List v. FEC

Question Presented
Whether the FEC's regulations requiring non-profit political committees to use federally regulated ("hard money") funds for at least 50% of their administrative, voter drive, and public communications costs—and restricting how such groups may solicit contributions—violate the First Amendment's protection of political speech and association, particularly in light of the Supreme Court's intervening decisions in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life (2007) and Davis v. FEC (2008).
Legal Issue(s)
  • Campaign Finance
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Sep 18, 2009
Date added
Jul 8, 2026
Judgment

Gomillion v. Lightfoot

Question Presented
Whether a state legislature's redefinition of municipal boundaries—designed to exclude African American voters from a city—violates the Fifteenth Amendment, and whether such a legislative act is subject to federal judicial review despite the legislature's general authority to define municipal boundaries.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Nov 14, 1960
Date added
Jul 8, 2026
Judgment

National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission

Question Presented
Whether FECA's limits on political parties' coordinated expenditures with candidates violate the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech, and specifically whether Colorado II—which upheld those limits under a deferential standard of review—remains good law in light of the Court's subsequent, more demanding campaign finance jurisprudence requiring that restrictions be "necessary," "narrowly tailored," and not "disproportionate" to the government's interest in preventing quid pro quo corruption.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Campaign Finance
  • Conflict of Interests
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 30, 2026
Date added
Jul 8, 2026
Judgment

Moore v. Harper

Question Presented
Whether the Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, § 4, cl. 1)—which provides that "[t]he Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof"—vests exclusive and independent authority in state legislatures to set the rules for federal elections, insulating them from review by state courts applying state constitutional constraints.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
  • Judicial Independence
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 27, 2023
Date added
Jul 8, 2026
Judgment

Louisiana v. Callais

Question Presented
Whether compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 provides a compelling reason that may justify the intentional use of race in drawing legislative districts.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Apr 29, 2026
Date added
Jul 8, 2026
Judgment

Richter v. Minister of Home Affairs

Question Presented
Whether Section 33(1)(b) and Section 33(1)(e) of the Electoral Act 73 of 1998 — which limited the "special vote" to South African citizens absent from the Republic only if they were on "government service" (or members of the household of such persons), while effectively excluding all other citizens living or working abroad — unjustifiably limited the constitutional right to vote under Section 19(3)(a) of the Constitution, read with the rights to equality (Section 9(1)), human dignity (Section 10), and equal citizenship (Section 3(2)(a)).
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
Country
South Africa
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Feb 9, 2009
Date added
Jul 7, 2026
Judgment

Brotherton N.O. v. Electoral Commission of Zambia

Question Presented
Did the Electoral Commission of Zambia violate the fundamental voting rights of disabled voters by failing to provide adequate facilites?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Zambia
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Sep 18, 2011
Date added
Jul 7, 2026
Judgment

San Antonio Acha v. García Vélez

Question Presented
Whether the Puerto Rico State Elections Commission (CEE) violated the due process rights of voters with mobility impairments by denying their early voting applications (voto adelantado) based on alleged deficiencies in their forms — including missing signatures, incomplete information, and suspected fraud (e.g., dozens of applications certified by the same physician on the same date) — while simultaneously failing to provide timely notice of those denials, thereby depriving the voters of any meaningful opportunity to cure the defects before the November 8, 2016 general election.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Voter Registration
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Puerto Rico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Nov 4, 2016
Date added
Jul 7, 2026
Judgment

Merrill v. People First of Alabama

Question Presented
Whether the Alabama Secretary of State’s prohibition on curbside voting violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the First and Fourteenth Amendments by denying reasonable accommodations to voters with disabilities during the pandemic.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Voters' Rights
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Oct 21, 2020
Date added
Jul 7, 2026
Judgment

Bujdoso v. Hungary

Question Presented
Whether Hungary's automatic disenfranchisement of persons with disabilities placed under guardianship—without individualized assessment of their capacity to vote and based solely on their disability status—violates articles 2, 12, and 29 of the CRPD.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Hungary
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Oct 16, 2013
Date added
Jul 7, 2026
Judgment

Purohit & Moore v. The Gambia

Question Presented
Did The Gambia violate the fundamental rights of disabled voters?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Criminal Procedure
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Gambia
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 29, 2003
Date added
Jul 7, 2026
Judgment

Caamaño Valle v. Spain

Question Presented
Whether the rescission of voting rights for disabled person under guardianship based on individualized assessment is legal under Article 3, Protocol No. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
Country
Spain
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Aug 11, 2021
Date added
Jul 7, 2026
Judgment

Molka v. Poland

Question Presented
Did Poland violate the European Charter of Human Rights by being indifferent to the inaccessibility of poll stations?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
Country
Poland
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Apr 11, 2006
Date added
Jul 7, 2026
Judgment

Strøbye & Rosenlind v. Denmark

Question Presented
Whether the automatic removal of persons contravened Article 3, Protocol No. 1 of European Convention on Human Rights and, consequently, constituted illegal discrimination under Article 14 under the same Convention.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Denmark
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Feb 2, 2021
Date added
Jul 7, 2026
Judgment

Anatoliy Marinov v. Bulgaria

Question Presented
Whether the automatic removal of a voter's rights under partial guardianship contravenes Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Furthermore, whether the blanket provision of removal is proportional to the state's legitimate aims and whether the absence of individualized judicial review deprives a voter's due process rights.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Bulgaria
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Feb 28, 2022
Date added
Jul 7, 2026
Judgment

Alajos Kiss v. Hungary

Question Presented
Whether Hungary's voting restriction was proportional and legitimate under Article 1, Protocol 3
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Hungary
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 20, 2010
Date added
Jul 7, 2026
Judgment

Tennessee v. Lane

Question Presented
Whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act validly abrogates state sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment and whether people with disabilities have a right to access courts to lodge fundamental rights claims, including electoral disputes.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Criminal Procedure
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 17, 2004
Date added
Jul 7, 2026
Judgment

Watson v. Republican National Committee

Question Presented
Do federal election-day statutes preempt state laws allowing ballots cast by Election Day to be received and counted after that date?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Deadline(s)
  • Election Date
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 29, 2026
Date added
Jul 7, 2026
Judgment

Shashi Tharoor v. Ashok Kumar & Ors

Question Presented
Did AI deepfake videos interfere with elections to a high enough degree to require an injunction?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Social Media
  • Technology
Country
India
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 8, 2026
Date added
Jun 30, 2026
Judgment

Toplak & Mrak v. Slovenia

Question Presented
Whether Slovenia violated Arts. 3, 14 of Protocol No. 1 that guarentees free elections and non-discrimination
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
Country
Slovenia
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Oct 26, 2010
Date added
Jun 30, 2026
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
Date of decision
Aug 5, 2022
Date added
Apr 30, 2025
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
Date of decision
Apr 23, 2020
Date added
Nov 1, 2024
Judgment

Electoral Justice for All: A Practitioner's Guide to Increasing Women's Access to Electoral Justice

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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Accessibility
  • Electoral Inclusion
  • Electoral Inclusion
Language
  • English
Date added
Oct 1, 2024
Resources

Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij v. the Netherlands

Question Presented
Whether religiously affiliated parties can exclude women from running as candidates on the grounds that forcing the party to host women candidates violates its freedom of religious expression, as it believes women are unsuited for public office?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Gender
Country
Netherlands
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jul 10, 2012
Date added
Aug 9, 2024
Judgment

Kitute v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission

Question Presented
Is electronic evidence submitted in support of allegations of election fraud subject to the Evidence Act, which requires authentication or certification by an appropriate authority or expert?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Civil Procedure
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Electronic Voting
Country
Kenya
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Nov 6, 2017
Date added
Aug 9, 2024
Judgment

Odinga, et. al v. Ruto

Question Presented
Whether petitioners’ evidence of interference and election fraud satisfied the appropriate level of evidence as required by the Court and affected the election result, warranting the cancellation and rerun of the election?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Civil Procedure
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Electronic Voting
  • EMB Operation
Country
Kenya
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Sep 5, 2022
Date added
Aug 9, 2024
Judgment

Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP

Question Presented
Whether the South Carolina legislature “subordinated” race-neutral districting criteria to draw a Congressional district map in the state and overtly relied on racial considerations.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Maps and Districting
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 23, 2024
Date added
Aug 9, 2024
Judgment

Nmalamuwomu v. Shadrack

Question Presented
Whether the filing deadline for an election petition alleging vote buying made up to and on polling day runs for 21 days after the alleged payment,, or 21 days after the election result is released in the Official Gazette?.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Deadline(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
Country
Vanuatu
Date of decision
Jun 24, 2020
Date added
Jan 31, 2024
Judgment

Barthelemy v. President of the Republic of Vanuatu

Question Presented
(1) Was the Council of Minister’s advice to the President to dissolve Parliament while there was a pending motion of no confidence by members of parliament a violation of the Constitution? (2) If so, was the dissolution of parliament by President void? (3) Does the Supreme Court have jurisdiction to hear constitutional writ petitions relating to the dissolution of parliament?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Conflict of Interests
Country
Vanuatu
Date of decision
Sep 9, 2022
Date added
Jan 31, 2024
Judgment

Wale v. Attorney-General

Question Presented
(1) Whether an unregistered party is considered a “non-contesting party” and is thus prohibited from forming a coalition with registered parties or independent groups in Parliament. (2) Whether the party registration requirement under the Political Party law to prove a certain number of registered voters support the formation of a party interferes with the voluntary nature of political parties and is a violation of the constitutional rights to freedom of association and assembly?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Freedom of association and assembly
  • Party Registration
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Solomon Islands
Date of decision
Nov 14, 2014
Date added
Jan 31, 2024
Judgment

Samuel v. Chief Electoral Officer et al.

Question Presented
(1) Whether Chief Electoral Officer (“CEO”) erred in rejecting a candidate’s request for a re-count due to a close mayoral race with 3,25% of vote difference and alleged violations? (2) Whether the refusal to add a name of a voter to the voter registry beyond the deadline for voter registration can be raised as a class action to protect the rights of voters?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • EMB Operation
Country
Marshall Islands
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Aug 31, 2018
Date added
Jan 24, 2024
Judgment

Lessons on the Use of Technology in Elections

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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
  • Legal Frameworks
  • Regional Jurisprudence
Language
  • English
Date added
Nov 8, 2023
Resources

Lessons on Disinformation and Election Disputes

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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
  • Judicial Independence
  • Legal Frameworks
Language
  • English
Date added
Nov 7, 2023
Resources

Alternative Dispute Resolution in Elections: Practitioner Brief

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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • English
Date added
May 5, 2023
Resources

Madhav Prasad Paudel and others vs Office of the PM, Local development Ministry, Election Commission Nepal et. al

Question Presented
Whether the failure to hold local elections due to the absence of the required legal framework violates the right to periodic elections during the interim constitutional period. Whether the conduct of local government affairs by non-elected government employees violates the Local Self Government Act.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Election Date
  • Electoral Integrity
Country
Nepal
Language of Decision
  • Nepali
Date of decision
Nov 7, 2012
Date added
Jan 13, 2023
Judgment

Chaturman Beda vs Election Special Court and others

Question Presented
Whether the ineligibility of a winning candidate due to his age should result in declaring the runner-up candidate as the winner of the election or invalidating the entire election result.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
Country
Nepal
Language of Decision
  • Nepali
Date of decision
Feb 14, 1990
Date added
Jan 13, 2023
Judgment

Advocate Prem Chandra Rai vs Government of Nepal

Question Presented
Whether Nepali citizens residing abroad should be given the opportunity to vote from the country in which they currently reside. Whether restricted voting rights on Nepali citizens living abroad violates the constitutional right to vote.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Out of Country Voting
Country
Nepal
Language of Decision
  • Nepali
Date of decision
Mar 21, 2018
Date added
Jan 13, 2023
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
Country
Palestine
Language of Decision
  • Arabic
Date of decision
Apr 23, 2017
Date added
Jan 4, 2023
Judgment

Palmer v. Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)

Question Presented
Whether the practice of disclosing the indicative two-candidate preferred count (“Indicative TCP”) prior to the closing of all polling sites in the country by the Australian Election Commission (AEC) influenced the voters’ choice and undermined the impartiality or perception of impartiality of the Commission, therefore violating the election law and the Constitution.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • EMB Operation
Country
Australia
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Aug 14, 2019
Date added
Oct 14, 2022
Judgment

Monroy Hernandez v. Molano Granados

Question Presented
Whether the election of a municipal elected official should be nullified and/or her candidacy deemed ineligible on charges of nepotism due to her father holding a government position, which exercised administrative authority, within twelve months of her election even if there is no proof that he used or abused his position to further her candidacy.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
Country
Colombia
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Mar 12, 2020
Date added
Oct 14, 2022
Judgment

Bench Book on Electoral Dispute Resolution

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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
  • Judicial Independence
  • Legal Frameworks
  • Regional Jurisprudence
Language
  • English
Date added
Oct 12, 2022
Resources

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
Country
Serbia
Language of Decision
  • Serbian
Date of decision
Feb 3, 2022
Date added
Sep 19, 2022
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
Country
Lebanon
Language of Decision
  • French
Date of decision
Nov 2, 1995
Date added
Sep 16, 2022
Judgment

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
Country
Serbia
Language of Decision
  • Serbian
Date of decision
Feb 3, 2022
Date added
Sep 16, 2022
Judgment

Decision 701/2020

Question Presented
Whether the Brosteni Constituency Electoral Bureau’s (BEC) decision to reject a former vice mayor seeking to run for the mayor and local councilor elections, based on a report by the National Integrity Agency alleging that he had conflicts of interest, was improper.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Civil Procedure
Country
Romania
Language of Decision
  • Romanian
Date of decision
Aug 17, 2020
Date added
Sep 16, 2022
Judgment

Decision 378/2020

Question Presented
Whether the Bistrita Năsăud Electoral Bureau (BECJ BN)’s decision to reject the registration of appellant electoral alliance USR-PLUS’s list of four candidates for the 2020 parliamentary elections was incorrect even though the appellant did not properly include the candidates’ genders, as is required by law for Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Gender
Country
Romania
Language of Decision
  • Romanian
Date of decision
Oct 26, 2020
Date added
Sep 16, 2022
Judgment

In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani

Question Presented
Whether the respondent violated D.C. Bar Rules X and XI, § 2(b) by filing a frivolous lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania, which requires him to be sanctioned under the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Civil Procedure
  • Disputing Results
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Apr 4, 2022
Date added
Sep 16, 2022
Judgment

2018Hun-Ma456

Question Presented
Whether the Public Official Election Act’s required verification of internet users when they post election-related content online during a campaign violates freedom of expression, freedom of anonymous speech, freedom of the press and the right to informational self-determination.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Criminal Procedure
  • Social Media
Country
South Korea
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jan 28, 2021
Date added
Sep 14, 2022
Judgment

2017Hun-Ma813

Question Presented
Whether any of the following alleged acts violate citizens’ constitutional rights to vote or equality under the law: 1) denying a soldier’s request to watch presidential election interviews and debates; 2) requiring election campaign bulletins written in braille to be within the page limits for booklet-type campaign bulletins; and 3) failing to require Korean sign language or captions in all election-related broadcasts.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
Country
South Korea
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Aug 28, 2020
Date added
Sep 14, 2022
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
Date of decision
Jun 5, 2013
Date added
Sep 14, 2022
Judgment

Ledezma Acosta v. Ausecha Ordóñez and Armando Guevara Bravo

Question Presented
Whether a candidate’s disqualification from running in an election should affect the eligibility of all the candidates on the political party’s candidate list, since as a result of the disqualification the entire list did not meet the gender quota minimum required by law.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Disputing Results
  • Party Registration
  • Quotas
Country
Colombia
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Sep 17, 2020
Date added
Sep 13, 2022
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
Date of decision
Dec 16, 2020
Date added
Sep 13, 2022
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
Date of decision
Dec 3, 2020
Date added
Sep 13, 2022
Judgment

Zambrano Castro v. National Electoral Council

Question Presented
Whether the rejection of an applicant’s mayoral candidacy should be overturned because he initiated a lawsuit to revoke disciplinary sanctions against him, thereby potentially qualifying him for a “pending lawsuit” exception as outlined in Article 100, Paragraph 8 of the General Code of Procedure.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Civil Procedure
Country
Colombia
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Oct 29, 2020
Date added
Sep 13, 2022
Judgment

Ortiz Daza v. Act Declaring the Election of Candelo Riascos

Question Presented
Whether a candidate is permitted to endorse a candidate from another party (“double militancy”) when he receives express permission or derogation from his own party to do so, despite the provision in law that prohibits this practice.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Disputing Results
Country
Colombia
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Dec 10, 2020
Date added
Sep 13, 2022
Judgment

Ospina Carballo v. Restrepo Gallego

Question Presented
Whether a candidate in the Departmental Assembly of Valle del Cauca gubernatorial election is eligible to be allocated a seat as Deputy even if he or she won fewer votes than the “blank vote option,” which won the second highest number of votes.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
Country
Colombia
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Nov 5, 2020
Date added
Sep 13, 2022
Judgment

Medina Padilla v. Aguilar Hurtado

Question Presented
Whether an election should be annulled because the elected candidate received an endorsement from registered members of a political party, along with some of that party’s militants, other than the candidate’s registered party.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Disputing Results
  • Party Registration
Country
Colombia
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Aug 20, 2020
Date added
Sep 13, 2022
Judgment

Masumba v. Kamondo

Question Presented
Whether the respondent was properly elected as a Member of Parliament on account of allegations made against him by the appellant of illegal acts or misconduct (i.e., defamation or inflammatory statements, intimidation and violence, and undue influence) during the campaign period.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
Country
Zambia
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Nov 17, 2017
Date added
Sep 13, 2022
Judgment

Marube Ombeta, Kamotho Njenga v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission

Question Presented
Whether the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)’s decision to implement the two-thirds gender rule for the 2022 elections is unconstitutional. Whether the IEBC’s decision to reject the petitioner’s candidate nominations list for the National Assembly and the Senate was unconstitutional.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Gender
  • Quotas
Country
Kenya
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 13, 2022
Date added
Sep 13, 2022
Judgment

State of Washington v. Facebook, Inc.

Question Presented
Whether Facebook violated election law by not maintaining records of their political advertising and failing to make those records available to the public.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Campaign Finance
  • Social Media
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 8, 2018
Date added
Sep 13, 2022
Judgment

Election Dispute Resolution Report 2020

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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
  • Legal Frameworks
  • Regional Jurisprudence
Language
  • English
Date added
Dec 23, 2021
Resources

Election Case Law Analysis Series: Lessons for Regulating Campaigning on Social Media

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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Legal Frameworks
Language
  • English
Date added
Dec 22, 2021
Resources

Election Case Law Analysis Series: Lessons on Gender Equality and Women’s Political Participation

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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Electoral Inclusion
Language
  • English
Date added
Dec 22, 2021
Resources

Guide Electoral, Tome III Référencement jurisprudentiel 2006-2018

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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • French
Date added
Dec 22, 2021
Resources

Manuel de Capitalisation des Bonnes Pratiques en Matière de Contentieux Électoral dans l'Espace Francophone

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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • French
Date added
Dec 22, 2021
Resources

O’Rourke v. Dominion Voting Systems, Inc

Question Presented
Whether to impose sanctions on the Plaintiff's attorneys for filing frivolous litigation.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Frivolous Litigation
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Aug 3, 2021
Date added
Nov 30, 2021
Judgment

King v. Whitmer

Question Presented
Whether to impose sanctions on the Plaintiff’s attorneys for filing frivolous litigation in violation of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Frivolous Litigation
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Aug 25, 2021
Date added
Nov 29, 2021
Judgment

SUP-REP-16/2016 Y SUP-REP-22/2016 ACUMULADOS

Question Presented
Whether the Green Party of Mexico and various famous persons were rightfully sanctioned for alleged campaign violations.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Social Media
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Apr 20, 2016
Date added
Oct 26, 2021
Judgment

Appeals declared by the Political Party "Dignity and Truth Platform" and the electoral candidate Andrei Năstase, by Political Party "Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova" and by the Electoral Council of the Chisinau Municipal Electoral District No. 1

Question Presented
Whether the 2018 mayoral election in Chisinau were appropriately annulled due to violations of the electoral silence period on election day.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Social Media
Country
Moldova
Language of Decision
  • Romanian
Date of decision
Jun 25, 2018
Date added
Oct 26, 2021
Judgment

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