YSK [Supreme Election Council] announced its ruling –which is non-appealable- on 6th May. It annulled the Istanbul’s Mayoral vote and called for a rerun on 23rd June 2019 on the grounds that balloting committees were formed unlawfully and that their members were not public servants as required by the relevant law. Having assessed the process that resulted in the rerun of the Istanbul Mayoral Election, our “Shadow Court” ruled the following…