Missouri Bill to Require Birth Certificates for Presidential Candidates

Missouri Bill to Require Birth Certificates for Presidential Candidates
Ballot Access News

“Missouri Representative Wayne Cooper (R-Camdenton) has introduced HJR 34. It has 15 Republican co-sponsors. It requires presidential candidates to submit a Birth Certificate to the Secretary of State, and says a certificate of live birth is not an adequate substitute. It also requires voters to show goverment Photo-ID at the polls, bans same-day registration, says the deadline for registering to vote will always be 4 weeks before an election, abolishes absentee voting unless the voter will be absent from the county or can establish illness, and says no one may be paid to register voters. This would all be one very large amendment to the Missouri State Constitution. The sponsor titles it “The Voter’s Bill of Rights”. Thanks to Brandon Henderson for this news.”

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Rep. Robert Cooper’s Voter ID proposal includes language that would require the Missouri Secretary of State to request the official birth certificate of presidential candidates to independently verify their authenticity. And not just future candidates — Cooper wants the Secretary of State to independently verify the citizenship status of every previous presidential candidate.
Here are the key parts of Cooper’s proposed bill:
** The secretary of state shall determine that each person is qualified for the office he or she seeks, according to the law, before placing his or her name on the ballot.
** For candidates who are required by the Constitution of the United States to be natural born citizens, the secretary of state shall request an official copy of the candidate’s birth certificate.
** Other certifications, such as a certificate of live birth, shall not be accepted.
** Should any candidate fail to provide an official birth certificate within thirty days of the request by the secretary of state, his or her name shall not be placed on the ballot.
** The secretary of state shall verify the qualifications of any elected officeholder who was previously placed on a Missouri ballot. Should any elected officeholder fail to provide the required documentation or birth certificate within thirty days of the request by the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall turn the matter over to the attorney general who shall within twenty days file suit to obtain the required documentation.
This is obviously targeted at the Presidency — it’s the only office to require natural born citizenship. And while Barack Obama has provided an official, certified copy of his birth certificate, it’s been tough to satisfy these fringe groups with the facts.
Out of the gaze of the mainstream and even the conservative media is a flourishing culture of advocates, theorists and lawyers, all devoted to proving that Barack Obama isn’t eligible to be president of the United States.

Wild Thing’s comment………
This could givei B. Hussein Obama big trouble in November 2012. Even if only one state has this requirement, it will raise the issue to the front page. God bless the “show me” state.
It hasn’t passed yet. The bill has just been introduced.