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Călin Georgescu v. Romania
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to censure the principal lawmaking authorities (see
Boškoski v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (dec.), no. 11676/04,
2 September 2004, and, mutatis mutandis, Guliyev
- 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
Partido Liberal v. Ricardo Pereira
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sob pena de multa diária;
b) determinar ao representado que se abstenha de republicar ou impulsionar o mesmo
conteúdo, ou conteúdo substancialmente equivalente, em qualquer rede
- 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
Buckley v. Valeo
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New York
Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U. S. 254, 270 (1964). In
a republic where the people are sovereign, the ability
of the citizenry to make informed
- 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
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treatment that without executive recognition a foreign state has been called "a republic of whose
existence we know nothing," "5and the judiciary ordinarily follows the
- 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
Shelby County v. Holder
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States is essential to the harmonious operation of the
scheme upon which the Republic was organized.” Id., at
580. Coyle concerned the admission of new States,
- 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
In the Matter of William Pughsley
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wants
someone to help her make those decisions and decide
between two, a republic[an] and democratic
candidate to help her come to a decision. But I just
- 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
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v Attorney General & 2 Ors
DATE DELIVERED
29 Sep 2015
CASE JUDGEMENT
THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF UGANDA AT KAMPALA
[Coram: A Nshimye, R
- 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
Applicable Law(s)
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and the Electoral Act 73 of 1998
- 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
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outlet.” 540 U.S. at 224. Upon realizing structural forces
inherent in a republic inevitably create incentives for those
subject to regulation to petition for
- 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
Moore v. Harper
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legislatures were enacting
as law.” G. Wood, The Creation of the American Republic
1776–1787, pp. 454–455 (1969). Although judicial review
emerged cautiously, it matured
- 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
Richter v. Minister of Home Affairs
Procedural history
law), 9(1) (equality), 10 (human dignity), and 19(3)(a) (right to vote) of the Constitution of the Republic
- 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
Bujdoso v. Hungary
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January 2012 repealing article 70, paragraph 5, of the 1949
Constitution of the Republic of Hungary, which automatically excluded from suffrage all
persons under guardianship, restricting
- 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
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and
‘future’ mental health patients detained under the Mental Health Acts of the Republic of The Gambia.
th
2. The complaint was sent by fax and received at the
- 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
Molka v. Poland
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life
(see Botta, cited above, § 34, and Zehnalová and Zehnal v. the Czech
Republic (dec.), no. 38621/97, ECHR 2002-V). The first of those cases
concerned
- 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
Anatoliy Marinov v. Bulgaria
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Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to:
the application (no. 26081/17) against the Republic of Bulgaria lodged
with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the
- 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
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§ 78, Series A no. 94, race
- D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic [GC], no. 57325/00, § 182, ECHR
2007-..., or sexual orientation - E.B.
- 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
CH-02
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INSTANTIE:
CONSTITUTIONEEL HOF van de REPUBLIEK SURINAME
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF
SURINAME
ZAAKNUMMER:
CH-02
DATUM BESLISSING:
05 AUGUSTUS 2022
PUBLICATIEDATUM:
RECHTSGEBIED:
- 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
Kitute v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
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Kitute v Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & 2 others [2017] eKLR
THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA
AT KITUI
ELECTION PETITION NO 1 OF
- 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
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(Election Petitions) (5 September 2022) (Judgment)
Neutral citation: [2022] KESC 54 (KLR)
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF KENYA
ELECTION PETITIONS
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITION
- 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
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
Samuel v. Chief Electoral Officer et al.
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1 2018
IN THE HIGH COURT
OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
MUDGE SAMUEL,
Appellant Samuel,
V.
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)
REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
CNIL ACTION NO
- 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
Decision 207183
Procedural history
The applicant then appealed to the Republic Election Commission, which rejected his appeal.
- 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. 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
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
Ramos Rojas v. Sanabria Chacón
Summary
is not valid because it “‘enshrin[es] provisions contrary to the Constitution and the laws of the Republic
- 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
Marube Ombeta, Kamotho Njenga v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
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REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI
CONSTITUTIONAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION
(Coram: A. C. Mrima, J.)
CONSTITUIONAL PETITION NO. E211 OF 2022
(Consolidated
- 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
King v. Whitmer
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election machines and software filed against
Powell and her company, Defending the Republic,
Inc.: U.S. Dominion, Inc. v. Powell, No. 1:21-cv00040 (D.D.C. filed Jan.
- 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
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
Title
Platform" and the electoral candidate Andrei Năstase, by Political Party "Party of Socialists of the Republic
- 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
Germin Organization v. Central Election Commission
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Republic of Kosovo
Republika e Kosovës-Republika Kosova
Paneli Zgjedhor për Ankesa dhe Parashtresa
Izborni Panel za Zalbe i Predstavke
Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel
A.no.
- Question Presented
- Whether the vote counting procedure violates the right to early vote for Kosovo citizens outside of Kosovo. Whether the complaint may be brought before a final decision is reached.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Kosovo
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 19, 2019
- Date added
- Oct 15, 2020
Judgment
Karnwea v. National Elections Commission
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IN THE HONORABLE SUPREME COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
SITTING IN ITS MARCH TERM, A. D. 2017
BEFORE HIS HONOR: FRANCIS S. KORKPOR, SR......................CHIEF JUSTICE
- Question Presented
- Whether an investigation is necessary to prohibit a candidate from running when they allegedly do not meet the qualifications? Whether the Election Commission may go beyond the statutorily prescribed penalties for not meeting a qualification?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Civil Procedure
- EMB Independence
- Country
- Liberia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jul 20, 2017
- Date added
- Oct 1, 2020
Judgment