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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
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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
Country
Palestine
Language of Decision
  • Arabic
Date of decision
Apr 23, 2017
Date added
Jan 4, 2023
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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia v. The Harari Peoples’ Regional State, Harari National Congress

Question Presented
Whether the decision by the Election Bench of the FSC ordering the NEBE to continue the practice, during the 6th general elections, of allowing members of the Harari community residing outside of the Harari People’s Regional State to elect members of the Harari National Congress (which is part of the Harari People’s Regional State Council (regional parliament)) contained an error of law.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
Country
Ethiopia
Language of Decision
  • Amharic
Date of decision
May 27, 2021
Date added
Oct 19, 2021
Judgment
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Inkatha Freedom Party v. Independent Electoral Commission

Question Presented
Whether alleged electoral illegalities were sufficient to require an investigation into the election results.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Civil Procedure
  • Electoral Integrity
Country
South Africa
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jul 14, 2001
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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Jupica vs Nec

Question Presented
Whether the postponement of the Liberian elections to a date when the Ebola threat was still ongoing was unconstitutional?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • EMB Independence
  • Health Concerns & Election Administration
Country
Liberia
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jan 13, 2016
Date added
Aug 26, 2020
Judgment
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PAN v. PRI (SM JIN 0035 2015)

Question Presented
Whether the Governor's presence and irregularities are sufficient to annul the election results.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Social Media
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Aug 4, 2017
Date added
Aug 7, 2020
Judgment
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MOREA v. Party of Institutional Revolutionary (SUP 2015 REP 544 499367)

Question Presented
Whether the dissemination of campaign materials on twitter accounts of candidate and alternate candidates violate the electoral silence laws?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Social Media
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Apr 20, 2016
Date added
Aug 7, 2020
Judgment
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Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Miguel Angel Yunes Linares (SUP JRC 0168 2016)

Question Presented
Whether Facebook posts that indicate a political position, but do not solicit votes constitute pre-campaign activity.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Social Media
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Apr 25, 2016
Date added
Aug 7, 2020
Judgment
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Seawright v. Board of Elections & In re Hawatmeh v. State Board of Elections

Question Presented
Whether late filings during the COVID-9 pandemic constitute unique circumstances that would permit remedy of the fatal defect when otherwise not provide in law.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Health Concerns & Election Administration
Country
United States of America
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 21, 2020
Date added
Jul 27, 2020
Judgment
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Ronan v. Regional Electoral Office

Question Presented
Whether the business entity was formed for the candidate to utilize the funds as illegal campaign funds
Legal Issue(s)
  • Campaign Finance
Country
Brazil
Language of Decision
  • Portuguese
Date of decision
May 14, 2019
Date added
Jul 9, 2020
Judgment
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In Re Case No. 9768, 9780 & 9828

Question Presented
Whether the elections violated the citizen’s political rights even though the domestic options were exhausted.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Integrity
  • EMB Independence
  • EMB Operation
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 17, 1990
Date added
Jul 8, 2020
Judgment
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K., B., & S. v. Government Council

Question Presented
Whether a voter is deprived of their right to vote if they vote for a candidate that has orally withdrawn from the race, but that withdraw is not recognized by the Governor and the candidate’s name appears on the ballot?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Vote Form Irregularities
Country
Switzerland
Language of Decision
  • German
Date of decision
Feb 11, 1987
Date added
Jul 1, 2020
Judgment
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Khuhro v. Khan

Question Presented
Whether misstatements on the candidate’s election papers are sufficient to declare an election void.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Electoral Integrity
Country
Pakistan
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Aug 1, 2019
Date added
Jun 30, 2020
Judgment
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Sandhu v. Election Commission of Pakistan

Question Presented
Whether a repoll is necessary due to an intervening crime.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Vote Verification and Transmission
Country
Pakistan
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 31, 2018
Date added
Jun 30, 2020
Judgment
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Rind v. Balochistan

Question Presented
Whether failure to disclose education was grounds for disqualifying the petitioner as a candidate.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
Country
Pakistan
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Sep 19, 2018
Date added
Jun 30, 2020
Judgment
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Buriro v. Shah

Question Presented
Where the citizenship requirement for candidacy may be met by a renunciation of dual citizenship.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
Country
Pakistan
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jan 23, 2019
Date added
Jun 30, 2020
Judgment
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2017 (Gyo Tsu) 47 [Judgments concerning the constitutionality of the provisions on the apportionment of seats for members (to be elected by constituency) of the House of Councillors stipulated in Article 14 and Appended Table 3 of the Public Offices Election Act]

Question Presented
Whether the electoral code system, in light of the migration from constituencies, should be declared unconstitutional?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Voting Systems (Winner-take-all, proportional, etc.)
Country
Japan
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Sep 17, 2017
Date added
Jun 29, 2020
Judgment
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1996 (Gyo Tsu) 28 [Judgment of the Second Petty Bench, partially dismissed, partially quashed, and partially terminated]

Question Presented
Whether denying absentee ballots to voters outside of the country for official ballots is sufficient to dispute the election result.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
Country
Japan
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 31, 1996
Date added
Jun 29, 2020
Judgment
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The Representation Of The People Act v The Election Petitions Act, etal

Question Presented
Whether there is sufficient evidence to declare the 1997 elections void?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
  • Vote Verification and Transmission
Country
Jamaica
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 28, 1998
Date added
Jun 26, 2020
Judgment
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Polluaas for Annulment of Electronic Votes Cast in the Riigikogu Elections 2011

Legal Issue(s)
  • Vote Form Irregularities
  • Vote Verification and Transmission
Country
Estonia
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Mar 23, 2011
Date added
Jun 26, 2020
Judgment
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Review of the Constitutionality of Section Five of the Riigikogu Election Act

Legal Issue(s)
  • Campaign Finance
Country
Estonia
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 18, 2017
Date added
Jun 26, 2020
Judgment
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Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Canada

Question Presented
Whether the broadcasting restricted and alleged Charter violations therein may be heard on an expedited review basis.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Social Media
  • Vote Verification and Transmission
Country
Canada
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Apr 11, 2011
Date added
Jun 23, 2020
Judgment
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Hughes v. Human Rights Commission

Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
Country
Canada
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Feb 12, 2010
Date added
Jun 23, 2020
Judgment
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