Electoral Petition in UK Law
Legislation
- Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009
- Whole Act
- The European Parliamentary Election Petition (Amendment) Rules 2014
- The Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections and Referendums) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021
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Books & Journal Articles
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Country profile: the land and space currently known as Kenya acquired that name in 1920 when it became the Kenya colony after years of being part of British East Africa. The country gained independence on 12 December 1963 after attaining self-governance status six months earlier on 1 June 1963. With Jomo Kenyatta as prime minister. One year later, on 12 December 1964, it became a republic with Kenyatta as president.
......[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] . Where else would you find a new electoral commissioner and his staff being grilled live on TV before being ... the opposition did not trust the courts, so it refused to file a petition and started political action to contest the elections, and of course that ......
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African politicians and elections.
...... like Nana Akufo-Addo and Raila Odinga going to court to file a petition against the results of the elections in Ghana and Kenya respectively. She ...An example is the Electoral Commission of Ghana. During the election petition hearing in the Supreme ......
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Ghana: the court case that left the nation dazed: on 29 August, Ghana's Supreme Court dismissed a petition brought before it by the losing presidential candidate in last December's election, Nana Akufo-Addo, and ruled that President John Mahama was duly elected. But Cameron Duodu is not too pleased about the way the court conducted itself.
....... According to the petition, irregularities by the Electoral Commission had robbed the people of Ghana of their right to choose the president who should rule them. The petition claimed that John Dramani Mahama ......
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Mahama sworn in, but dust not yet settled.
......It arose out of a petition filed at the Supreme Court in Accra by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) .... The petition challenges the declaration by the Electoral Commission of John Dramani Mahama as the winner of the election. Mahama ......
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Law Firm Commentaries
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Legal Challenges Against The 'Blanket Ban' On Prisoners' Vote Continue
...... One such prisoner, who sought to challenge the decision of the Electoral Registration Officer to refuse to register him as a voter, by way of ...Lord Tyre dismissed the Petition for Judicial Review on the basis that a statutory remedy existed that ......
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EU Referendum Update - Leaflets And Lead Campaigners
...... period marks the conclusion of a busy week during which the Electoral Commission designated In Campaign Ltd (Britain Stronger in Europe) and - ... In response to a petition calling for a debate on the decision to send the leaflet (which will be ......
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