WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Budh ko Pakistan ke waqt ke mutabiq subah 4 baje US ke pehle polls band hote hain aur aakhri 11 baje, lekin Pakistan mein parhne wale yeh tawaqqo na rakhein ke nashte tak, ya shayad din ke aakhir tak bhi, unhein pata chal jayega ke Congress par kis ka control hai.
Senate aur House ka faisla karne wale muqable qareebi hone ki tawaqqo hai, aur qareebi muqablon mein zyada waqt lagta hai. Center for Election Innovation and Research chalane wale David Becker ka kehna hai ke unhein shak hai ke Americans ko election ki raat pata chal sakega ke kis ke paas kaun sa ewan hai. Election ke mahireen ka kehna hai ke sust ginti aam baat hai aur dhandli ki alamat nahin.
Waqt kis cheez mein lagta hai
California sab se bari wajah hai. Woh har registered voter ko mail ballot bhejta hai aur voting ke aik hafte baad tak unhein qubool karta hai, jab tak un par Election Day tak ki postmark ho. Har aik ke dastkhat ki jaanch zaroori hai, aur jo pehle pahunch jate hain woh bhi polls band hone tak gine nahin jate. California ke kuch muqablon ka nateeja aane mein dinon ya hafton lag sakte hain.
Pennsylvania aur Wisconsin mein soobon ke qawaneen ki wajah se ginti sust ho jati hai, jo ahalkaron ko voting ki subah tak mail ballots kholne tak se rokte hain. Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, Utah, Washington aur District of Columbia bhi tamam active voters ko mail ballots bhejte hain.
Alaska mein sab se zyada waqt lag sakta hai, aur wahan ka Senate muqabla saat toss-ups mein se aik hai. Woh ranked-choice voting istemal karta hai: agar koi ummeedwar pehli tarjeehat ke 50% se oopar nahin jata, toh sab se aakhir mein aane wale ummeedwar ko bahar kar diya jata hai aur un ke votes agli tarjeeh par muntaqil ho jate hain, round dar round. 2022 mein wahan House ke aik muqable mein nateeja voting ke 15 din baad aaya. Is saal ke muqable mein ballot par do Dan Sullivans bhi hain.
Aadad kyun uchhal sakte hain
Mail, early aur in-person votes ka rujhan mukhtalif ho sakta hai, aur un ki ginti mukhtalif waqt par hoti hai, is liye bartari raat bhar mein ya chand din baad palatti hui nazar aa sakti hai. "Votes pehle hi aa chuke hain," Brennan Center for Justice ke Lawrence Norden ne kaha. "Bas yeh sab aik hi waqt par gine nahin jate."
Woh is ka muqabla basketball game ki recording dekhne se karte hain: aakhri lamhon mein wapsi ka matlab yeh nahin ke aakhri seeti ke baad points jore gaye.
Raat ko jeetne wale bhi sarkari nahin hote. Yeh khabri idaron ke andaze hain, jo ab tak gine gaye votes aur baqi votes par mabni hote hain, aur jin muqablon mein farq zyada ho un ka elan jaldi kiya jata hai. Phir har sooba apne nateeje ki tasdeeq karne mein hafte leta hai. Arizona ki Maricopa County ke sabiq supervisor William Gates ne kaha ke ahalkar election ki raat ginti kabhi mukammal nahin kar pate. "Yeh mumkin nahin."
Isi khala mein mahireen jhoote dawon ke phailne ki tawaqqo rakhte hain. Becker ne kaha ke jo ummeedwar samajhte hain ke woh haar rahe hain woh ginti ke bare mein jhoot phailane ka taqreeban yaqeeni imkan rakhte hain, aur unhein tawaqqo hai ke Trump raat ko aisa hi karenge, jaise Trump ne 2020 mein kiya tha. Trump ne pichhle hafte kaha ke woh nateeje tasleem karenge "agar yeh imandar elections hue".
Hamara live results card kisi seat ko tabhi ginta hai jab US ke bare khabri idare us ka elan kar dein, shuruati bartari ya andazon par nahin.
