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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani, an Attorney (United States)

Question Presented
Whether Mr. Giuliani’s conduct, as a lawyer perpetuating false statements about widespread voter fraud during the 2020 United States presidential election, violated New York's professional rules of conduct?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 24, 2021
Date added
Aug 18, 2021
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Trump for President, Inc. v. Boockvar

Question Presented
Whether it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution for Pennsylvania to give counties the discretion to adopt "notice and cure" policies (to provide notice to voters whose mail-in ballots were procedurally defective and an opportunity to cure their ballots).
Legal Issue(s)
  • Civil Procedure
  • Disputing Results
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Nov 21, 2020
Date added
Dec 28, 2020
Judgment
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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
Date of decision
Sep 25, 2020
Date added
Oct 9, 2020
Judgment
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Domingo v. Commission on Elections

Question Presented
Whether there was sufficient evidence to conclude that the incumbent mayor prodded potential Board of Election Inspectors for the City?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Civil Procedure
  • Electoral Integrity
  • EMB Independence
  • EMB Operation
Country
Phillippines
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Dec 1, 1998
Date added
Sep 23, 2020
Judgment
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Goodface v. Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 2020 Election Board

Question Presented
Whether a Federal Court may hear a Tribal candidate eligibility claim under the federal question doctrine?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Civil Procedure
  • Indigenous Persons
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Aug 25, 2020
Date added
Aug 27, 2020
Judgment
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Curling v. Raffensperger

Question Presented
Whether Georgia's electronic voting system diminishes the voter's First and Fourteenth Amendment right due to threats of inadequacy and inaccuracy.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electronic Voting
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Aug 15, 2019
Date added
May 22, 2020
Judgment
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US v. Philadelphia

Question Presented
Did the city of Philadelphia's polling sites comply with the ADA and other guidelines to ensure accessible polling places?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Apr 16, 2009
Date added
Jul 8, 2019
Judgment
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Ochieng' v. Orange Democratic Movement

Question Presented
Was the respondent's nomination free, fair, and credible? Should the election be annulled when the respondents locked themselves in a room with the ballot boxes and papers, preventing the petitioner from entering?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Vote Form Irregularities
Country
Kenya
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 14, 2017
Date added
Jun 20, 2019
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
Country
Libya
Language of Decision
  • Arabic
Date of decision
Apr 27, 2019
Date added
Jun 19, 2019
Judgment
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