WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — US Justice Department ne Mangal ko kaha ke woh tamam 50 soobon mein 1,000 election monitors aur observers bhej raha hai, jise us ne apni tareekh ki election day monitoring ki sab se bari koshish qarar diya, jabke Americans ne midterm elections mein vote dala.
Yeh pichhle midterms ke liye bheje gaye monitors se taqreeban teen guna zyada hai. Department ke bayan mein har soobe ke un ilaqon ke naam bataye gaye hain jahan unhein bheja jayega.
Ahalkaron ne kaha hai ke tarjeehat mein woh ilaqe shamil hain jahan voters ki rasai mein masail ki tareekh rahi hai, aur woh jagahein jahan sakht muqable ki daurein hain jo voters ko daraye dhamkaye jane ka nishana ban sakti hain. "Election monitors voting rights ke un wafaqi qawaneen par amal ka jaiza lenge jo (Civil Rights Division) ke daira-e-ikhtiyar mein aate hain," bayan mein kaha gaya.
Un ke ikhtiyarat mehdood hain. Kai soobon ne maqami ahalkaron aur poll workers ko nayi hidayat jari ki hain ke observers kya kar sakte hain. Kuch soobai aur maqami qawaneen election ahalkaron ko ijazat dete hain ke woh unhein polling places se bahar rakhein, aur department ka amla mauqe par tehqeeqat nahin kar sakta aur na hi kisi ko vote dene se rok sakta hai.
Yeh deployment aise waqt mein samne aayi hai jab Trump administration intikhabat ki nigrani ke liye zyada jarihana rawaiya apna rahi hai. Us ne soobon par voter registration data ke liye dabao dala hai aur dalil di hai ke vote par awam ka etemad yaqeeni banane ke liye sakht iqdamat zaroori hain. Naqideen ise wafaqi hadd se tajawuz qarar dete hain.
Is hafte, Supreme Court ne California mein ballots ko mansookh karne ki administration ki koshish mustarad kar di, aur aik judge ne Alaska ke Senate ke nateeje ko rokne ki department ki koshish khaarij kar di.
