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Election Petition

An Election Petition is a formal legal proceeding instituted before a designated judicial or electoral body to contest the validity of an election result on grounds such as procedural irregularities, electoral fraud, or disqualification of a candidate, thereby challenging the legitimacy of the elected officeholder’s claim to office.

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474

Citations

19

Authors

12

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Election Petitions

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Publications

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The Eyes of the Needles: A Sequential Model of Union Organizing Drives, 1999–2004

John‐Paul Ferguson · Industrial and Labor Relations Review · 2008 · 96 citations

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Electoral Responsiveness in Closed Autocracies: Evidence from Petitions in the former German Democratic Republic

Hans Lueders · American Political Science Review · 2021 · 57 citations

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Electoral Rulings and Public Trust in African Courts and Elections

Nicholas Kerr, Michael Wahman · Comparative Politics · 2020 · 54 citations

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Democratic Ruptures and Electoral Outcomes in Africa: Ghana's 2016 Election

George M. Bob-Milliar, Jeffrey W. Paller · Africa Spectrum · 2018 · 52 citations · Full text

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The Effects of Filing Fees and Petition Requirements on U. S. House Elections

Stephen Ansolabehere, Alan S. Gerber · Legislative Studies Quarterly · 1996 · 49 citations

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Authors

19

  1. CM
    Caroline Morris

    Emory University, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  2. SW
    Stuart Wilks‐Heeg

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  3. JF
    John‐Paul Ferguson

    Stanford University, United States

    1 publications · 96 citations

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  4. JW
    Justin Wasserman

    Edith Cowan University, Australia

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. GM
    George M. Bob-Milliar

    Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

    1 publications · 52 citations

    1

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Institutions

12

  1. University of San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

  2. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

    Kumasi, Ghana

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

  3. University of Roehampton

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  4. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    96 citations

  6. Queen Mary University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  7. University of Ghana

    Accra, Ghana

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  8. Edith Cowan University

    Perth, Australia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

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Venues

  1. Africa Spectrum

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  2. Industrial and Labor Relations Review

    2 publications · 126 citations

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  3. Historical Research

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  4. ANU Open Research (Australian National University)

    Repository · 1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy

    ELJ · 1 publications · 13 citations

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