WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — US Justice Department ne Peer ko, midterm elections se aik din pehle, California ke saath voter rolls par apni jang mein Supreme Court se mudakhlat ki darkhwast ki, jab do nichli adalaton ne ballots alag rakhne ka hukm dene se inkar kar diya.
Mehkame ka kehna hai ke us ne California ki voter roll mein 20,000 "mumkina" ghair shehri logon ki nishandehi ki hai aur chahta hai ke un ke ballots us waqt tak roke jayein jab tak un ki shehriyat ki jaanch na ho jaye. Yeh wazeh nahin ke Supreme Court yeh muqadma sunegi ya nahin, aur kya woh election day se pehle karrawai karegi.
Mutanaza ballots ki asal tadad ghaliban kahin kam hogi. County ke election ahalkaron ne paya hai ke fehrist mein shamil bohat se logon ki registrations faal nahin thin aur unhein dak se ballots nahin bheje gaye thay.
Federal district judge David Carter ne pichhle hafte darkhwast mustarad kar di. "Agar executive ghair sabit shuda ilzamat par votes rad kar sakti hai aur jari election ko khatre mein daal sakti hai, toh hamari jamhooriyat khatre mein hai," unhon ne likha. Juma ko 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ke aik taqseem shuda panel ne bhi inkar kar diya. California aur Los Angeles County ne daleel di ke federal fehrist par bharosa nahin kiya ja sakta aur ballots ko alag karne ka naya nizam voting jari hone ke dauran qayam nahin kiya ja sakta.
"Is baat ka aham khatra maujood hai ke United States ko us ki talab kardah rahat dene ka nateeja haq-e-ray-dehi se mehroomi ki soorat mein nikle aur County ke poore election ko khatre mein daal de," Judges Mark Bennett, jo Trump ke muqarrar kardah hain, aur Gabriel Sanchez, jo Biden ke muqarrar kardah hain, ne likha. Judge Patrick Bumatay ne, jinhein bhi Trump ne muqarrar kiya tha, ikhtilaf kiya.
Donon judges ne purane usool ka hawala diya ke voting se ain pehle election ke tareeqon mein tabdeeli nahin honi chahiye, aur aeen ke us ikhtiyar ka bhi jo states ko election karwane ke liye diya gaya hai. Unhon ne aik aise federal qanoon ki taraf bhi ishara kiya jo states ko federal election ke 90 din ke andar na-ahal voters ko munazzam taur par hatane se rokta hai.
Yeh tanaza barhta ja raha hai. Pichhle chand hafton mein, mehkame ke ahalkaron ne maqami intikhabi ahalkaron ko khabardar kiya hai ke agar woh taawun na karein toh un par faujdari muqadma chalaya ja sakta hai, aur pichhle hafte mehkame ne Los Angeles County ke intikhabi daftar ke mulazimon ko grand jury subpoenas bheje.
California mein polling Pakistani waqt ke mutabiq Budh ko subah 9 baje band hogi. Is ke mail ballots House ki aakhri ginti mein takheer ka sabab ban sakte hain, jabke Congress ka control daon par laga hai.
