WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Mashriqi United States mein Mangal ko polling station khule aur ab tak bohat kam rukawatein samne aayin, jabke Sadr Donald Trump yeh sawal uthate rahe ke kya intikhab dayanatdari se hoga.
Trump ki taraf se bare paimane par dhandli ke mahinon se jari jhoote dawon ke bawajood ab tak voting mein nisbatan kam masail pesh aaye hain. Early voting pichhle midterm elections ki satah se aage nikalne ki raah par hai.
Mangal ki subah sab se wazeh masla Westchester County mein saamne aaya, New York ka yeh nawahi ilaqa hai jahan House ki aik kaante ki takkar ki race ho rahi hai. Wahan voting machines ko paper ballots qubool karne mein dushwari hui. Ahalkaron ne bataya ke ballots ko hangami thailon mein daala ja raha hai taake baad mein ginti ki ja sake, yeh mehfooz aur nigrani mein rahenge, aur log voting jari rakh sakte hain.
Colorado, Arizona, Utah aur New Mexico ke kuch hisson mein shadeed barish aur achanak aane wale sailab se kuch logon ke liye polling stations tak pahunchna mushkil hone ka andesha tha. Navajo Nation ne apne kai polling locations badal diye, aur Utah ke dehati San Juan County mein voters ko electronic tareeqe se vote dene ki ijazat di gayi. Ahalkaron ne un logon se bhi kaha hai jin ke mail ballots der se pahunche hain ke woh drop boxes istemal karein ya unhein khud jaa kar de dein, kyunke postmark mein takheer ke khadshat hain.
Pichhle hafte jab un se poocha gaya ke kya woh nateeje qubool karenge, toh Trump ne jawab diya: "Agar woh dayanatdaran intikhabat hue toh main karoonga."
Election officials aur Democratic groups ne polling sites par immigration agents ya machines zabt karne wale federal officers ke liye tayyari ki thi. Voting ke aaghaz tak aisa kuch nahin hua, aur intizamia ne zor diya hai ke koi musallah federal ahalkar polling ki nigehbani nahin karenge. Justice Department ne polling places par monitors ki record tadad bheji hai.
Intizamia adalat mein intikhabat se pehle ki apni zyada tar laraiyan haar chuki hai. Peer ki raat Supreme Court ne us ki koshish mustarad kar di jis ka maqsad California ko hazaron ballots alag rakhne par majboor karna tha, aur aik federal judge ne hukm diya ke woh ahalkaron ko mubayyana ghair shehri voters ki fehristein bhejna band kare. Us ko us raat aik faisla zaroor mila, jab aik federal appeals court ne 2-1 ki aksariyat se us ke mutalbon aur state ke intikhabi ahalkaron ko di gayi muqadma chalane ki dhamkiyon ke khilaf jari hukm ko rok diya.
Tehqeeq aur state tehqeeqat mein baar baar yeh saamne aaya hai ke ghair shehriyon ka vote dena intehai nadir hai. Pehle polls Budh ko Pakistan ke waqt ke mutabiq subah 4 baje band honge aur aakhri 11 baje. Hamara live results card ginti ke dauran update hota rahega.
