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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
- Improper Practices
- 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
Domingo v. Commission on Elections
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On 10 February 2007, Republic Act No. 9369[33] took effect. Section 13
of Republic Act No. 9369 amended Section 11 of Republic Act No. 8436 and
renumbered
- 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
Inkatha Freedom Party v. Independent Electoral Commission
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of section 1(d) of the Constitution one of the founding values
of our Republic is universal adult suffrage.
After all the objects of the commission are
- 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
Gandhi v. Narain
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‘‘Sovereign Democratic Republic’’. The expression ‘‘this
Constitution’’ in the preamble has a basic structure comprising the three
organs of the Republic: the Executive,
- Question Presented
- Whether legislative acts passed during the appeals process may be retroactively applied to validate an election currently in the courts.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- India
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jul 11, 1975
- Date added
- Sep 23, 2020
Judgment
Chiafalo v. Washington
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Jefferson, whom he loathed but viewed as less of an existential
threat to the Republic.) By then, everyone had had enough
of the Electoral College’s original voting rules
- 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
National Elections Commission v. Siebo
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)
)
Republic of Liberia…………………….……………Complainant )
)
VERSUS
Nomination
)
)
The Nomination Committee of National Elections
Rejection
)
Commission (NEC) of the Republic of Liberia…Appellee
- Question Presented
- Whether the respondent lost his right to appeal the Review Panel rejection of his application when he failed to meet the Election Commission’s deadline.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Civil Procedure
- Country
- Liberia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 19, 2017
- Date added
- Sep 16, 2020
Judgment
Jupica vs Nec
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of Liberia, bordering the neighboring Republic of Guinea. There had
been an earlier report of an outbreak of the disease in the Republic of Guinea. Efforts to contain the
- 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
Mwiru v. Samson
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THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF UGANDA
AT KAMPALA
CORAM: BYAMUGISHA, NSHIMYE&ARACH-AMOKO, JJA
ELECTION PETITION APPEAL NO.6/11
BETWEEN
10
PAUL MWIRU::::::::::::::
- Question Presented
- Whether the respondent’s education failed to meet the requirements for candidacy. If so, whether the respondent’s election as a Member of Parliament should be annulled.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 28, 2011
- Date added
- Jul 24, 2020
Judgment
Opendi v. Electoral Commission
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5
THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF UGANDA
AT KAMPALA
10
ELECTION PETITION APPEAL N0. 39 OF 2011
(Arising from Election Petition No. 28 of
- Question Presented
- Whether the invalidation of seventeen polling station results is sufficient grounds to annul the election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Uganda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 23, 2011
- Date added
- Jul 24, 2020
Judgment
In re Representation of People Act and the September 7, 2015 Elections.
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THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
Port of Spain
Civil Appeal Number: S 293 of 2016
Claim Number: CV 2015-03128
IN THE MATTER OF THE
- Question Presented
- Whether the potential for Chief Justice bias is sufficient to overturn the dismissal of a petition challenging election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 6, 2020
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2020
Judgment
Attorney General v. Taylor
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possibility of paying compensation: European Convention on Human
Rights Act 2003 (Republic of Ireland), s 5.
Taylor (CA), above n 4, at [66].
Mandic v Cornwall
- Question Presented
- Whether the 2010 Electoral Amendment Act is inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act due to the provision disenfranchising prisoners
- Legal Issue(s)
- Judicial Independence
- Voter Registration
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Nov 9, 2019
- Date added
- Jul 10, 2020
Judgment
In Re Case No. 9768, 9780 & 9828
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the claimant filed a complaint alleging forgery with the Attorney
General of the Republic (Procuraduría General de la República) on August 26, 1985, without any
apparent result
- 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
Shura Council Speaker's request for constitutional review of the drafted law.
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of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
The Arab Republic of Egypt
The Presidency of the Republic
Official Gazette
Price: EGP 3
Issue No. 7
(bis)
Issued
- Question Presented
- Whether the proposed provisions are constitutional.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 13, 2013
- Date added
- Jul 6, 2020
Judgment
Shura Council Speaker request for constitutional review of the draft law regulating the exercise of political rights.
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of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
The Arab Republic of Egypt
The Presidency of the Republic
Official Gazette
Price: EGP 3
Issue No.
21 bis (a)
Issued
- Question Presented
- Whether the draft law adheres to the current constitutional political protections.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Accessibility
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 26, 2013
- Date added
- Jul 6, 2020
Judgment
Mustafa v. Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
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ten years prior to 11/2/2011 as the President of the Republic, or Vice
President of the Republic, or Prime Minister or…” for a period of ten years
- Question Presented
- Whether closed party lists and a first past the post system discriminates against independent candidates?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Electoral Integrity
- Voting Systems (Winner-take-all, proportional, etc.)
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 14, 2012
- Date added
- Jul 6, 2020
Judgment
Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed
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of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
The Arab Republic of Egypt
The Presidency of the Republic
_____
Official Gazette
Price: EGP 3
Issue No. 9
(Bis)
- Question Presented
- Where the constituency representation scheme violates the reasonableness standard.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Integrity
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 15, 2015
- Date added
- Jul 6, 2020
Judgment
Mohamed v. Chairman of High Elections Commission
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In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
The Arab Republic of Egypt
The Egyptian Presidency
Official Journal
Price: EGP 3.0
Issue # 22
(Ibid)
- Question Presented
- Whether the elections of the Shura Council, Upper House, exceed the bodies authority and whether and actions taken by the body are consequently unconstitutional.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Electoral Integrity
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 3, 2013
- Date added
- Jul 6, 2020
Judgment