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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
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
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
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
Chiafalo v. Washington
- Question Presented
- Whether a pledge requirement and sanction violates the Electors Constitutional right to pledge electoral votes regardless of voter preference?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jul 6, 2020
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2020
Judgment
Yang v. Kellner
- Question Presented
- Whether removal of the candidates from the primary ballots after the termination of their campaign violates the voter’s right to elect the candidate of their choosing.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 5, 2020
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2020
Judgment
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
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
- Country
- Switzerland
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Mar 20, 1963
- Date added
- Jul 1, 2020
Judgment
2001 (Gyo Tsu) 82 Judgments of the Supreme Court
- Legal Issue(s)
- Accessibility
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Country
- Japan
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 14, 2001
- Date added
- Jun 29, 2020
Judgment
Raatsin for the Declaration of Invalidity of the Voting Results of the Riigikogu Elections of 2011
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Electronic Voting
- Country
- Estonia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 23, 2011
- Date added
- Jun 26, 2020
Judgment
Aryeh Bain v. Chief Electoral Officer
- Question Presented
- Whether setting election day as a Jewish holiday violates the right to vote?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- EMB Operation
- Country
- Canada
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 26, 2019
- Date added
- Jun 23, 2020
Judgment
Sinnott v. Minister for the Environment
- Question Presented
- Whether the plaintiff's inability to cast a secret ballot based on his visual impairment violated his right to vote.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Country
- Ireland
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 30, 2017
- Date added
- Jun 11, 2020
Judgment
Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott
- Question Presented
- Whether the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a disability under Texas law sufficient to modify the vote-by-mail system.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Health Concerns & Election Administration
- Country
- United States of America
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 4, 2020
- Date added
- Jun 10, 2020
Judgment
Human Rights Network of Uganda v. Attorney General
- Question Presented
- Whether the Public Order Management Act of 2013 violates the Uganda Constitution? Whether parliament and the executive may pass legislation in response to decision of the court?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 26, 2020
- Date added
- May 20, 2020
Judgment
6- Egodaweie v. Commissioner of Elections
- Question Presented
- Did several electoral irregularities and acts of violence at polling stations fall within the scope of section 46A, compelling the respondent to declare those polls null and void?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Electoral Integrity
- Electoral Violence and Intimidation
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Apr 3, 2001
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2019
Judgment
2- Karunathilaka v. Commissioner of Elections
- Question Presented
- People's sovereignty
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- EMB Operation
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Dec 7, 1998
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2019
Judgment
1- Gamaethige v. Attorney General
- Question Presented
- Determination on 20th amendment and people's sovereignty
- Legal Issue(s)
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- EMB Operation
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 8, 2017
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2019
Judgment
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