A comment to the above includes Rep. Bill Posey's letter to a constituent.
He demonstrates no understanding of the meaning of the "natural born Citizen" requirement. But in his next-to-last paragraph, he does at least acknowledge that there is a "lack of candidate vetting" problem that needs to be fixed . . . by someone else (the states).
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Originally Posted by Rep. Bill Posey
Rep. Posey shows a certain timidity by writing, "in order to eliminate the prospect of the House of Representatives invalidating national election results." After all, 3 USC § 15 does specifically assign the U.S. House of Representatives along with the U.S. Senate, in Joint Session, the responsibility to object to or accept each vote of the Electors.
The U.S. Congress IS the "specific federal agency or office that 'vets' candidatesQuote:
Originally Posted by [url=http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/3/15.shtml
for federal office as to qualifications or eligibility" AFTER the election.
See also http://politicalvelcraft.org/2009/09/22 ... ry-8-2009/ .