WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — US Supreme Court ne midterm elections se aik din pehle California ki votes ki ginti mein mudakhlat ke liye Trump administration ki aakhri lamhe ki darkhwast mustarad kar di hai, jis ke saath hazaron ballots alag rakhwane ki us ki koshish khatm ho gayi.
Adalat ne Peer ko aik satri hukm mein apna faisla sunaya. Adalat ne kaha: "Justice Kagan ko pesh ki gayi aur un ki taraf se adalat ko bheji gayi, apeel ke faisle tak injunction ki darkhwast mustarad ki jati hai." Do nichli adalaton ke faisle, jinhon ne pehle hi darkhwast mustarad kar di thi, ab barqarar hain.
Justice Department 20,000 registered voters ke ballots alag rakhwana chahta tha, jin ke bare mein us ka kehna tha ke woh ghaliban US citizens nahin thay. 22 safhat ke brief mein us ne dalil di ke non-citizens ke daale gaye ballots "jaiz votes ki qeemat gira sakte hain ya unhein halka kar sakte hain".
California ke election officials ne kaha ke hukumat ki fehrist ghalatiyon se bhari hui hai, ahl voters apne votes se mehroom ho sakte hain, aur voting jari hone ke dauran ballots ko alag karna mumkin nahin. Federal Judge David Carter ne, jinhon ne pichhle hafte yeh darkhwast mustarad ki thi, likha: "Agar executive sabit na hone wale ilzamat ki bunyad par votes ko ginti se nikal sakti hai aur jari election ko khatre mein daal sakti hai, toh hamari jamhooriyat khatre mein hai."
Yeh tanaza us waqt tawajjoh ka markaz bana jab musallah Department of Homeland Security ke officers ne California bhar ke county officials ko khutoot pahunchaye, jin mein ballots alag na karne par faujdari ilzamat ki dhamki di gayi thi.
California US ka sab se zyada abadi wala sooba hai, jis ki voter register mein taqreeban 2 crore 30 lakh log darj hain. Secretary of state ke daftar ne kaha ke Itwar ki raat tak 60 lakh se zyada mail-in ballots mausool ho chuke thay.
