ANCHORAGE (The Thursday Times) — Aik wafaqi judge ne Justice Department ka woh muqadma khaarij kar diya hai jis mein Alaska ko Senate ke nateeje ki tasdeeq se rokne ki darkhwast ki gayi thi, agar Republican Senator Dan Sullivan Mangal ke intikhab mein haar jayein, aise muqable mein jis mein ballot par doosra Dan Sullivan bhi shamil hai.
Judge Sharon Gleason ne Itwar ko faisla diya ke hukumat ka mutalba "naqabil-e-amal" tha, kyunke bohat se voters pehle hi apne ballots daal chuke thay aur woh ballots aapas mein mila diye gaye thay. Unhon ne likha ke United States ne doosre Sullivan ke votes alag rakhne aur ballot ko khufiya rakhte hue un ki tehqeeq karne ke liye "koi qabil-e-amal mansooba" pesh nahin kiya. Sooba Alaska ke Division of Elections ne bataya ke Alaska ke 86,700 se zyada shehri pehle hi vote daal chuke thay.
Justice Department ne kuch hi der baad appeal ka notice daakhil kar diya, jis se muqadma 9th Circuit Court of Appeals mein chala gaya hai. "Alaska ke voters fair election ke haqdar hain, na ke nateeje rig karne ki koshish mein unhein gumrah kiya jaye," aik tarjuman ne kaha. Mehkame ne muqadma khaarij kiye jane ko procedural qarar diya.
Yeh muqabla un chand muqablon mein se aik hai jin ke bare mein khayal hai ke woh tai karenge ke Senate ka control kis jamaat ke paas hoga.
Do Dan Sullivan kaun hain
Dan S. Sullivan, jo Trump ke hamayati hain aur pehli baar 2014 mein muntakhib hue thay, teesri muddat ke liye Mary Peltola ke muqable mein hain, jo Democrat hain, sabiqa congresswoman hain aur US House ke liye muntakhib hone wali pehli Alaska Native thin. Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. Alaska ke junoob-mashriqi hisse mein Petersburg ke retired elementary school teacher aur Forest Service ke sabiq mulazim hain.
Election officials ne pehle retired teacher ko ballot se hata diya tha, lekin Alaska Supreme Court ne June mein faisla diya ke woh intikhab lar sakte hain. Ballot par senator ko registered Republican aur incumbent ke taur par likha gaya hai, jabke doosre shakhs ko Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. ke naam se bina kisi jamaat ke dikhaya gaya hai, halanke woh Republican ke taur par registered hain. Unhon ne voters ko confuse karne ki koshish ki tardeed ki hai.
August ki primary mein Peltola ne 49.54% aur senator ne 41.40% votes hasil kiye. Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. ne taqreeban 2.5% votes liye, jo top four mein pahunchne aur Mangal ki voting ke liye ahal hone ke liye kafi tha.
Isi chhote hisse ki wajah se yeh muqadma ehmiyat rakhta hai. Alaska mein ranked-choice voting hoti hai: agar kisi ko pehli tarjeeh ke votes ki aksariyat nahin milti, toh sab se aakhri number par aane wala ummeedwar bahar ho jata hai aur us ke votes har voter ki agli tarjeeh ko muntaqil ho jate hain. 22 October ko daakhil kiye gaye muqadme mein mutalba kiya gaya tha ke agar senator apne hamnam ko mile votes se kam farq se haar jaye toh tasdeeq rok di jaye.
Faujdari tehqeeq aur governor ki tanbeeh
Is faisle se yeh larai khatm nahin hoti. Pichhle hafte ki reports mein kaha gaya ke Peltola ke muawineen doosre Sullivan ko ummeedwar banane ke liye aamada karne mein shamil thay, aur phir Justice Department ne un ki campaign aur Senate Democrats par adalat ko gumrah karne ka ilzam lagaya. Alaska mein US attorney Michael Heyman ne 30 October ko kaha ke faujdari tehqeeq jari hai.
Peltola ne kisi bhi tarah mulawwis hone se inkar kiya hai. "Mujhe voters ko dhoka dene mein dilchaspi nahin hai," unhon ne haal hi mein aik campaign event mein kaha, aur un ki campaign ne is muqadme ko "farzi tehqeeq" aur "bebunyad muqadma" qarar diya. Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. ne is muqadme ko "Justice Department ka sangeen ghalat istemal" qarar diya aur kaha ke election larne ke bare mein un ka un ki campaign se koi raabta nahin tha. Unhon ne pichhle chand dinon mein paighamat ka jawab nahin diya.
Alaska ke Republican governor Mike Dunleavy ne apni tehqeeq ka hukm diya hai aur ishara diya hai ke nateeja shayad tasdeeq na kiya jaye. "Agar hamein pata chale ke ghalat kaam hua hai, aur agar is ka matlab yeh hai ke tasdeeq rok di jaye ya badal di jaye, toh wahi hota hai," unhon ne 30 October ko kaha.
Sadr Donald Trump, jin ka kehna hai ke unhon ne is muqadme ka hukm diya, ne Itwar ko post kiya ke "jaali" Sullivan "ghaib ho gaya". Senator Sullivan ne usi din kaha ke woh nateeja qubool karenge, jeet ya haar, jabke Peltola par yeh ilzam lagaya ke unhon ne jo kuch woh jaanti thin, us ke bare mein jhoot bola.
Har Republican ne is muqadme ki himayat nahin ki. Sooba ke apne wakeelon ne judge se kaha ke ise "be bunyad" qarar de kar khaarij kar diya jaye, aur Senator Lisa Murkowski ne kaha ke mehkame ko "yeh muqadma kabhi darj nahin karna chahiye tha".
