Thread: Barack Obama's citizenship questioned

Go to www.khow.com and go to peter boyles page for Obamas selective service registration, just like his ss number being from connectuit, the numbers are all screwey!

ALERT!!! Help shut down Illegal Alien License Mills!

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-227270.html

Originally Posted by MinutemanCDC_SC

The 14th Amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868. Minor v. Happersett was decided in 1875, Wong Kim Ark in 1898, and Perkins v. Elg in 1939. Thereafter, did the recognition or verification of citizenship lie completely within Federal jurisdiction, even though it was originally within the purview of each individual state?

If citizenship was wholly a Federal matter after 1939, and if a grandmother registered her daughter's baby, born abroad in 1961, as born in Honolulu, Hawaii, that would not make the baby "U.S. born" except in the sight of the State of Hawaii. Right?

Would such a falsified registration make the foreign-born baby a U.S. citizen, prima facie, until proven otherwise?

Its not an issue of citizenship and never was. Its about being a Natural Born Citizen. Now it all comes down to exactly how they rule it works, if 1 parent is not a US Citizen but born on US soil what are they considered? The US also has US Birth Abroad so what does that count as? My son was born overseas but not on a military base, and I'm American so whats my son considered specifically?

There are numerous holes which really don't matter except for the POTUS and they are abusing every one of them. Now I personally don't think he was eligible of course but yah.

But yah, we'd have to prove somehow that its bogus which would be very hard to do because we'd be required to have bulletproof evidence and many of the possibilities would be off limits such as specific Grandma in Kenya's words having any meaning and other things. It would need to be a case that skips straight to the SC as no lower judge would touch it with a 100 foot pole.

Originally Posted by ReformUSA2012

Would need something in place when there is no father on the birth certificate. Hard issue to resolve considering the current use of baby daddies who are out of the picture while abusing it at the same time. Sounds harsh but maybe requiring both parents to be eligible and if only have a mother tough crap.

Some may say its harsh but we could easily say the same thing about the age requirements for public office. After all why can't a 30 year old run for office of president especially with age discrimination laws.

When there is no father on the birth certificate and no valid marriage to create a legal basis for a newborn drawing citizenship through paternity, the well-settled law is that the child draws citizenship from the SOLE parent capable of conferring it: the mother. And this has been settled law from before Vattel.

The 1948 British Nationality Act governing at the time of Obama's birth allowed for a retroactive claim to British citizenship if the biological father later married the mother. But no British citizenship at the time of a child's birth if it was out of wedlock.

This loophole is what you would see Obama exploit, in a heartbeat, if the NBC issue ever received a full hearing. He would point to there being no marriage license and/or to there being a bigamous (null, void, of no legal effect) marriage if a license is ever located.

BORN IN THE USA?
Obama's Social Security number goes to court
Complaint in federal district seeks evidence of suspected fraud
Posted: February 07, 2011
8:55 pm Eastern

By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2011 WorldNetDaily

President Barack Obama participates in a national tele-town hall meeting at the Holiday Park Multipurpose Senior Center with senior citizens to discuss the Affordable Care Act and ways to combat scams targeting seniors in Wheaton, Maryland on June 8, 2010. Secretary of Health and Human Service Kathleen Sebelius was on hand to moderate the questions from seniors. UPI/Gary Fabiano/Pool Photo via Newscom

An attorney who has aggressively pursued the release of President Obama's Hawaii long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate filed a complaint in federal court yesterday to force the release of Obama's Social Security files.

"I'm not asking for Obama's Social Security number," Attorney Orly Taitz told WND, acknowledging that the Social Security Administration will not release the number of a living person. "I want related information, including information about deceased individuals that will help us prove whether or not Obama has committed Social Security fraud."

Taitz filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to force the Social Security Administration to respond to her Freedom of Information Act request seeking information on Obama's Social Security number.

At the heart of Taitz's complaint to the court is the suspicion that Obama has engaged in Social Security fraud by using a number initially issued to another person.

Taitz contends the Social Security number Obama has used the most often since around 1980 was, according to Lexis Nexis and Choice Point, initially assigned to an elderly individual born in 1890 who resided in Connecticut.

In her complaint, Taitz claims that Obama is linked in national databases to some 39 different Social Security numbers, including one allegedly issued in1976 or 1977 to a person born in 1890 who was living in Connecticut at the time of the Social Security application.

"In and around 1976-1977 due to new Social Security requirements multiple elderly individuals, particularly women, who were housewives and never worked before, applied to obtain Social Security Benefits," Taitz explained in her complaint.

"Therefore the date of birth of 1890 originally connected to [Obama's Social Security number] was consistent with many other examples of elderly individuals, born between 1890-1915, applying for Social Security cards for the first time between 1976-1977."

This is Taitz's second FOIA request to the Social Security Administration, seeking to obtain Obama's Social Security records. An earlier request was denied May 18, 2010, on privacy grounds.

The D.C. court denied Taitz's appeal to the previous FOIA filing on the grounds that the appeal was filed prior to the final determination by the Social Security Administration.

On Oct. 4, 2010, Taitz filed a second FOIA request with the Social Security Administration, refining her request in an attempt to avoid the privacy concerns that determined the agency's previous denial.

So far, the Social Security Administration has not responded to Taitz's second FOIA request, despite six certified letters she has sent the agency since Oct. 4, 2010.

To buttress her arguments, Taitz submitted to the federal court affidavits signed by private investigators Susan Daniels and John Sampson.

Both Daniels and Sampson state that in the 1980s, Obama assumed as his own a Social Security number that had been applied for in Connecticut and was issued by the Social Security Administration between the years 1976 and 1977

Sampson, a retired senior investigator with the Department of Homeland Security, provided in his affidavit an expert opinion that there is no reasonable explanation for a person residing in Hawaii to get a Social Security number issued in Connecticut.

"The affidavits of the private investigators indicates Obama is using a fraudulent Social Security number," she said, "so I am requesting information from the Social Security Administration that would help us track down the Connecticut-issued number Obama is using as well as the multiple Social Security numbers that show up for Obama in the private investigator databases."

Daniels, in a previous interview with WND, said the Social Security Administration never re-issues Social Security numbers.

"A person who wants to hide their true identity often picks up the Social Security number of a deceased person, thinking that nobody would ever look into it," Daniels said. "I think it was sometime in the 1980s that Obama decided to hide who he really is."

The Social Security website confirms the first three digits in Obama's Social Security number are reserved for applicants with Connecticut addresses, 040-049.

WND previously reported that Obama worked as a teenager in Hawaii at a Baskin-Robbins ice cream store in the Makiki neighborhood on Oahu, which USA Today documented still was in operation one year after Obama's inauguration.

A current photograph of the Baskin-Robbins can be seen on the website "Obama's Hawaii Neighborhood."

WND can find no record of any Social Security number Obama used working at the Baskin-Robbins.

Politifact.com, a website typically supportive of Obama, claims he worked at the Baskin-Robbins in 1975 or 1976, prior to the issuance of the Connecticut Social Security number he is currently using.

There is nothing in the public record that would document Obama ever lived in or even visited Connecticut during his high school years.

There also is no indication in the limited background documentation released by the Obama 2008 presidential campaign or by the White House to establish that Obama ever lived in Connecticut.

Nor is there any suggestion in Obama's autobiography, "Dreams from My Father," that he ever had a Connecticut address.

Also, nothing can be found in the public record that indicates the president visited Connecticut during his high school years.

Barack Obama Sr. lived in Hawaii from 1959 until June 1962, when he moved to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University; nothing can be found in the public record that indicates Barack Obama Sr. ever had a Connecticut address.

WND has further confirmed that the Social Security number in question links to Obama in the online records maintained by the Selective Service system. Inserting the Social Security number Obama is currently using, his birth date and his last name produced a valid Selective Service number identified with Obama.

Here is a screen capture that shows the Selective Service cross-verification of the Social Security Number that President Obama is currently using:



WND has also reported that the Social Security Administration has decided to randomize all future Social Security numbers issued, beginning on or about June 25, 2011, in a move that will eliminate state-specific assignment of the Social Security numbers..



Read more: Obama's Social Security number goes to court http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=261033#ixzz1DOEx9gcd

Originally Posted by FreedomFirst

When there is no father on the birth certificate and no valid marriage to create a legal basis for a newborn drawing citizenship through paternity, the well-settled law is that the child draws citizenship from the SOLE parent capable of conferring it: the mother. And this has been settled law from before Vattel.

The 1948 British Nationality Act governing at the time of Obama's birth allowed for a retroactive claim to British citizenship if the biological father later married the mother. But no British citizenship at the time of a child's birth if it was out of wedlock.

This loophole is what you would see Obama exploit, in a heartbeat, if the NBC issue ever received a full hearing. He would point to there being no marriage license and/or to there being a bigamous (null, void, of no legal effect) marriage if a license is ever located.

This is indeed a sticky wicket. But no worries. His birth in Coast Province General Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya, makes him a Kenyan and a British Protected Subject by birth, and it also voids any claim to U.S. citizenship inherited from his 18 year old mother.

In 1961, the year that Barack Obama was born, Anna Obama could not transmit to her son Barack citizenship of any kind, according to Sec. 301 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (in effect until 1986).

[quote="A professional investigator hired by Western Journalism"][size=117]“ 7 FAM 1133.2-2 Original Provisions and Amendments to Section 301

(CT:CON-204; 11-01-2007)

“a. Section 301 as Effective on December 24, 1952: When enacted in 1952, section 301 required a U.S. citizen married to [incorrect: parentage, not marriage, was the criterion] an alien to have been physically present in the United States for ten years, including five after reaching the age of fourteen, to transmit citizenship to foreign-born children. The ten-year transmission requirement remained in effect from 12:01 a.m. EDT December 24, 1952, through midnight November 13, 1986...

“As originally enacted, section 301(a)(7) stated:

Section 301. (a) The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:
. . .
[b](7) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than ten years, at least five of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years...â€

Originally Posted by [url=http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=261393

For WorldNetDaily.com, Bob Unruh[/url]]Supreme Court told: Don't avoid eligibility
Attorney warns justices real problem is getting judges to take oath 'seriously'
Posted: February 08, 2011

A veteran attorney [John D. Hemenway, representing retired Col. Gregory Hollister,] who has pursued a lawsuit challenging Barack Obama's presidential eligibility since he was elected is telling the U.S. Supreme Court that if its members continue to "avoid" the dispute, they effectively will "destroy the constitutional rule of law basis of our legal system."
. . .

"We're evading that one," answered Thomas, referring to questions of presidential eligibility and prompting laughter in the chamber. "We're giving you another option." http://www.youtube.com/v/O7qEH-tKoXA

continued...

"They effectively will destroy the constitutional rule of law?"

I only question Mr. Unruh's use of the future tense. We now live under the constitutional rule of law only insomuch as it does not interfere with the rule of the usurper and the Gang of 545+ in Washington, D.C..

With a hat tip and a thank you to natborncit, here is the text of the Nebraska eligibility bill. [I added indentations and corrected typos.] http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDoc ... /LB654.pdf

Originally Posted by [url=http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Intro/LB654.pdf

Nebraska State Senator Mark Christensen and other authors of the Nebraska eligibility bill[/url]]LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED SECOND LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION


LEGISLATIVE BILL 654


Introduced by Christensen, 44.
Read first time January 19, 2011
Committee: Government, Military and Veterans Affairs


A BILL
FOR AN ACT relating to elections;
to amend sections 32-620, 32-714, and 32-813, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska;
to provide filing requirements for candidates for President and Vice President of the United States;
to provide powers and duties for the Secretary of State;
to prohibit certain acts by presidential electors;
to provide a penalty;
to harmonize provisions;
to repeal the original sections; and
to outright repeal section 32-712, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska.

Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,

Section 1. Section 32-620, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is amended to read:

32-620 (1) No later than September 8 prior to any general election at
which candidates for President and Vice President of the United States
are to be voted upon by the registered voters of this state, the appropriate
officer or officers of each national political party convention shall certify
to the Secretary of State the names and addresses of the candidates for
the offices of President and Vice President of the United States which
that party wishes to have appear on the general election ballot. Such
certification shall include the affidavits and supporting documentation
required under subsections (4) through (6) of this section.

(2) Candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United
States of newly established political parties or of nonpartisan status may
obtain general election ballot position by filing with the Secretary of State:

• (a) An application containing:[list:3n9v3dc4]
  (i) The name or names to be printed on the ballot;
  
  (ii) The status of the candidacy, whether nonpartisan or partisan;
  
  (iii) The written consent of the designated vice-presidential
  candidate to have his or her name printed on the ballot;
  
  (iv) The affidavits and supporting documentation required
  under subsections (4) through (6) of this section; and
  
  (v) The names and addresses of the persons who will represent
  the applicant as presidential elector candidates together with the
  written consent of such persons to become candidates; and

(b) A petition signed by not less than two thousand five hundred
registered voters. Such petitions shall conform to the requirements
of section 32-628 and shall not be circulated until after the date of
the primary election in that election year. Registered voters who
voted in the primary election of any political party that held a
presidential preference primary election that year shall be ineligible
to sign the petitions of any other candidate for president.[/list:u:3n9v3dc4](3) If write-in candidates for President and Vice President of the United States
receive the most votes in a general election as canvassed by the board
of state canvassers, such candidates shall file with the Secretary of State,
within five days after the canvass of votes, the affidavits and supporting
documentation required under subsections (4) through (6) of this section.
The Secretary of State shall make the determination and certification of
the candidates' eligibility in accordance with subsection (7) of this section,
except that such certification shall be made within seven days after the
canvassing of the votes. The appeal process of subsection (7) of this
section shall apply, except that any appeal shall be filed within five days
after the determination by the Secretary of State.

(4) Each person who wishes to have his or her name placed on the
general election ballot as a candidate for President or Vice President
of the United States shall first meet the eligibility requirements of
Article II, section 1, of the Constitution of the United States. Such
person shall submit an affidavit to the Secretary of State along with
supporting documentation as specified in subsections (5) and (6) of this
section by September 8 of the year in which the election is scheduled.
The affidavit and supporting documentation shall be a public record.

(5) The affidavit shall be sworn or affirmed before a notary public
and shall contain statements substantially as follows:

• I was born a citizen of the United States of America and was subject
  exclusively to the jurisdiction of the United States of America,
  owing allegiance to no other country at the time of my birth. On the day
  I was born, both my birth mother and birth father were citizens of the
  United States of America. As further evidence of the above statements,
  I have attached the items required in subsection (6) of this section.
  
  As of inauguration day, ........ (insert year office will be assumed upon election),
  I will have obtained the age of thirty-five years and will have resided in the
  United States of America for at least fourteen years, including the following
  periods at the corresponding address(es) (add additional sheets if necessary):

(6) (a) Each candidate for President or Vice President of the United States shall

• [list:3n9v3dc4](i) attach documents as indicated in each of the three requirements
  in the following subdivisions, some of which require multiple documents,
  
  (ii) state in the affidavit which required documents are attached that
  meet such requirements, and
  
  (iii) include in the affidavit, statements substantially as indicated in this
  subsection as applicable.

(b) Requirement number one: One of the following in subdivision (i) or (ii) of this subdivision:

• (i) A certified copy of my first original long-form birth certificate issued shortly
  after the time of my birth; or
  
  (ii) Only if the document described in subdivision (i) of this subdivision
  is not obtainable under the laws of the state that issued my birth certificate,
  then both documents described in subdivisions (A) and (B) of this subdivision:[list:3n9v3dc4]
  (A) A certified copy of my certification of live birth which includes
  the names of my birth parents who are listed on my first original
  long-form birth certificate issued shortly after the time of my birth; and
  
  (B) A sworn and acknowledged affidavit by me stating that my parents'
  names contained on my certification of live birth are the same
  birth parent names as contained on my first original birth certificate;

[/list:u:3n9v3dc4]
(c) Requirement number two: One of the following in subdivision (i) or (ii) or (iii)
or (iv) or (v) of this subdivision:

• (i) A certified copy of my birth mother's long-form birth certificate indicating
  her United States citizenship;
  
  (ii) Only if the document described in subdivision (i) of this subdivision is not
  obtainable under the laws of the state that issued my mother's birth certificate,
  then both documents described in subdivisions (A) and (B) of this subdivision:[list:3n9v3dc4]
  (A) A certified copy of my mother's certification of live birth indicating
  her United States citizenship; and
  
  (B) A sworn and acknowledged affidavit by me stating my mother's place
  of birth as denoted on her long-form birth certificate and stating that
  her parents' names contained on her certification of live birth are the
  same parent names as contained on her long-form birth certificate;

(iii) My birth mother's Certificate of United States Naturalization showing
she obtained United States citizenship prior to my date of birth;

(iv) My birth mother's Certificate of United States Citizenship showing
she obtained United States citizenship prior to my date of birth; or

(v) Certified copies of documents that indicate my mother was a United
States citizen prior to my birth, being the same documents as those
required to obtain a Certificate of United States Citizenship; and[/list:u:3n9v3dc4]
(d) Requirement number three: One of the following in subdivision (i) or (ii) or (iii)
or (iv) or (v) or (vi) of this subdivision:

• (i) A certified copy of my birth father's long-form birth certificate indicating
  his United States citizenship;
  
  (ii) Only if the document described in subdivision (i) of this subdivision is not
  obtainable under the laws of the state that issued my father's birth certificate,
  then both documents described in subdivisions (A) and (B) of this subdivision:[list:3n9v3dc4]
  (A) A certified copy of my father's certification of live birth indicating
  his United States citizenship; and
  
  (B) A sworn and acknowledged affidavit by me stating my father's place
  of birth as denoted on his long-form birth certificate and stating that
  his parents' names contained on his certification of live birth are the
  same parent names as contained on his long-form birth certificate;

(iii) My birth father's Certificate of United States Naturalization showing
he obtained United States citizenship prior to my date of birth;

(iv) My birth father's Certificate of United States Citizenship showing
he obtained United States citizenship prior to my date of birth;

(v) Certified copies of documents that indicate my father was a United
States citizen prior to my birth, being the same documents as those
required to obtain a Certificate of United States Citizenship; or

(vi) A sworn and acknowledged affidavit by me stating that

• (A) no father is listed on my first original long-form birth certificate,
  
  (B) I do not know who my birth father is, and
  
  (C) I have no reason to believe my birth father was not a United States
  citizen at the time of my birth.

[/list:u:3n9v3dc4][/list:u:3n9v3dc4](7) The Secretary of State shall make the completed affidavit and
supporting documentation submitted pursuant to subsections (4)
through (6) of this section available for public inspection at his or
her office within one business day of receipt. The Secretary of State
shall determine and certify the candidates' constitutional eligibility on
or before September 17 of the year in which the election is scheduled.
The Secretary of State shall certify only those candidates who have
completed notarized affidavits as prescribed in this section and who
have provided all required accompanying documentation. The
certification of the Secretary of State shall be final, except that a
candidate or any registered voter who was registered to vote in
Nebraska prior to the certification may appeal the determination to
the district court of Lancaster County by the following October 1.
A person who files an appeal in accordance with this section shall
have standing in the district court with regard to this matter.

Sec. 2. Section 32-714, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is amended to read:

32-714 (1) The Governor shall provide each presidential elector
with a list of all the electors. If any elector is absent or if there is a
deficiency in the proper number of electors, those present shall
elect from the citizens of the state so many persons as will supply
the deficiency and immediately issue a certificate of election,
signed by those present or a majority of them, to the person or
persons so chosen. In case of failure to elect by 3 p.m. of such
day, the Governor shall fill the vacancies by appointment. After all
vacancies are filled, the college of electors shall proceed with the
election of a President of the United States and a Vice President
of the United States and certify their votes in conformity with the
Constitution and laws of the United States.

(2) Each at-large presidential elector shall cast his or her ballot for
the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who received the
highest number of votes in the state. Each congressional district
presidential elector shall cast his or her ballot for the presidential
and vice-presidential candidates who received the highest number
of votes in his or her congressional district.

(3) It is unlawful for any presidential elector from Nebraska to cast
his or her electoral college vote for a candidate who is not certified
by the Secretary of State as constitutionally eligible to serve in
accordance with section 32-620. Any presidential elector violating
this subsection shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.

Sec. 3. Section 32-813, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is amended to read:

32-813 (1) The names of all candidates and all proposals to be
voted upon at the general election shall be arranged upon the
ballot in parts separated from each other by bold lines in the order
the offices and proposals are set forth in this section. If any office
is not subject to the upcoming election, the office shall be omitted
from the ballot and the remaining offices shall move up so that the
same relative order is preserved. The order of any offices may be
altered to allow for the best utilization of ballot space in order to
avoid printing a second ballot when one ballot would be sufficient
if an optical-scan ballot is used. All proposals on the ballot shall
remain separate from the offices, and the proposals shall follow
all offices on the ballot.

(2)

• (a) If the election is in a year in which a President of the
  United States is to be elected, the names and spaces for
  voting for candidates for President and Vice President shall be
  entitled Presidential Ticket in boldface type.
  
  (b) The names of candidates for President and Vice President
  for each political party shall be grouped together, and each group
  shall be enclosed with brackets with the political party name next
  to the brackets and one square or oval opposite the names in
  which the voter indicates his or her choice.
  
  (c) The names of candidates for President and Vice President
  who have successfully petitioned on the ballot for the general
  election shall be grouped together with the candidates appearing
  on the same petition being grouped together, and each group
  shall be enclosed with brackets with the words "By Petition" next
  to the brackets and one square or oval opposite the names in
  which the voter indicates his or her choice.
  
  (d) Beneath the names of the candidates for President and
  Vice President certified by the officers of the national political
  party conventions pursuant to section 32-620 and
  beneath the names of all candidates for President and Vice
  President placed on the general election ballot by petition,
  two write-in lines shall be provided in which the voter may fill
  in the names of the candidates of his or her choice. The lines
  shall be enclosed with brackets with one square or oval
  opposite the names in which the voter indicates his or her
  choice. The name appearing on the top line shall be
  considered to be the candidate for President, and the name
  appearing on the second line shall be considered to be the
  candidate for Vice President.

(3) The names and spaces for voting for candidates for
United States Senator if any are to be elected shall be entitled
United States Senatorial Ticket in boldface type.

(4) The names and spaces for voting for candidates for
Representatives in Congress shall be entitled Congressional Ticket
in boldface type. Above the candidates' names, the office shall
be designated For Representative in Congress ...... District.

(5) The names and spaces for voting for candidates for the
various state officers shall be entitled State Ticket in boldface
type. Each set of candidates shall be separated by lines
across the column, and above each set of candidates shall
be designated the office for which they are candidates,
arranged in the order prescribed by the Secretary of State.
The candidates for Governor of each political party receiving
the highest number of votes in the primary election shall be
grouped together with their respective candidates for
Lieutenant Governor. Each group shall be enclosed with
brackets with the political party name next to the brackets and
one square or oval opposite the names in which the voter
indicates his or her choice for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor jointly. The candidates for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor who have successfully petitioned on the general
election ballot shall be grouped together with the candidates
appearing on the same petition being grouped together.
Each group shall be enclosed with brackets with the words
"By Petition" next to the brackets and one square or oval
opposite the names in which the voter indicates his or her
choice for Governor and Lieutenant Governor jointly.
Beneath the names of the candidates for Governor
nominated at a primary election by political party and their
respective candidates for Lieutenant Governor and beneath
the names of all candidates for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor placed on the general election ballot by petition,
one write-in line shall be provided in which the registered
voter may fill in the name of the candidate for Governor
of his or her choice and one square or oval opposite the
line in which the voter indicates his or her choice for
Governor.

(6) The names and spaces for voting for nonpartisan
candidates shall be entitled Nonpartisan Ticket in boldface
type. The names of all nonpartisan candidates shall appear
in the order listed in this subsection, except that when using
an optical-scan ballot, the order of offices may be altered to
allow for the best utilization of ballot space to avoid printing
a second ballot when one ballot would be sufficient:

• (a) Legislature;
  (b) State Board of Education;
  (c) Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska;
  (d) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;
  (e) Judge of the Supreme Court;
  (f) Judge of the Court of Appeals;
  (g) Judge of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court;
  (h) Judge of the District Court;
  (i) Judge of the Separate Juvenile Court;
  (j) Judge of the County Court; and
  (k) County officers in the order prescribed by the election commissioner or county clerk.

(7) The names and spaces for voting for the various county
offices and for measures submitted to the county vote only
or in only a part of the county shall be entitled County Ticket
in boldface type. If the election commissioner or county clerk
deems it advisable, the measures may be submitted on a
separate ballot if using a paper ballot or on either side of
an optical-scan ballot if the ballot is placed in a ballot
envelope or sleeve before being deposited in a ballot box.

(8 ) The candidates for office in the precinct only or in the
city or village only shall be printed on the ballot, except that
if the election commissioner or county clerk deems it
advisable, candidates for these offices may be submitted
on a separate ballot if using a paper ballot or in either side
of an optical-scan ballot if the ballot is placed in a ballot
envelope or sleeve before being deposited in a ballot box.

(9) All proposals submitted by initiative or referendum and
proposals for constitutional amendments shall be placed
on a separate ballot when a paper ballot is used which
requires that the ballot after being voted be folded before
being deposited in a ballot box. When an optical-scan
ballot is used which requires a ballot envelope or sleeve
in which the ballot after being voted is placed before being
deposited in a ballot box, initiative or referendum proposals
and proposals for constitutional amendments may be placed
on either side of the ballot, shall be separated by a bold line,
and shall follow all other offices placed on the same side of
the ballot. Initiative or referendum proposals and
constitutional amendments so arranged shall constitute a
separate ballot. Proposals for constitutional amendments
proposed by the Legislature shall be placed on the ballot
as provided in sections 49-201 to 49-211.

Sec. 4. Original sections 32-620, 32-714, and 32-813,
Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, are repealed.

Sec. 5. The following section is outright repealed:
Section 32-712, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska.

[quote=MinutemanCDC_SC]With a hat tip and a thank you to natborncit, here is the text of the Nebraska eligibility bill.
[I added indentations.] http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDoc ... /LB654.pdf

Originally Posted by "[url=http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Intro/LB654.pdf

Authors of the Nebraska eligibility bill[/url]":2wm0nbd3]LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED SECOND LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION


LEGISLATIVE BILL 654


Introduced by Christensen, 44.
Read first time January 19, 2011
Committee: Government, Military and Veterans Affairs


A BILL
FOR AN ACT relating to elections;
to amend sections 32-620, 32-714, and 32-813, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska;
to provide filing requirements for candidates for President and Vice President of the United States;
to provide powers and duties for the Secretary of State;
to prohibit certain acts by presidential electors;
to provide a penalty;
to harmonize provisions;
to repeal the original sections; and
to outright repeal section 32-712, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska.

Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,

Section 1. Section 32-620, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is amended to read:

32-620 (1) No later than September 8 prior to any general election
at which candidates for President and Vice President of the United States
are to be voted upon by the registered voters of this state, the
appropriate officer or officers of each national political party
convention shall certify to the Secretary of State the names and
addresses of the candidates for the offices of President and Vice
President of the United States which that party wishes to have appear
on the general election ballot. Such certification shall include the
affidavits and supporting documentation required under subsections (4)
through (6) of this section.

(2) Candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States
of newly established political parties or of nonpartisan status may obtain
general election ballot position by filing with the Secretary of State:

• (1) (a) An application containing:[list:2wm0nbd3](a) (i) The name or names to be printed on the ballot;
  (b) (ii) The status of the candidacy, whether nonpartisan
  or partisan;
  (c) (iii) The written consent of the designated vice-presidential candidate
  to have his or her name printed on the ballot; and
  (iv) The affidavits and supporting documentation required
  under subsections (4) through (6) of this section; and
  (d) (v) The names and addresses of the persons who will represent
  the applicant as presidential elector candidates together with the
  written consent of such persons to become candidates; and

(2) (b) A petition signed by not less than two thousand five hundred
registered voters. Such petitions shall conform to the requirements
of section 32-628 and shall not be circulated until after the date of
the primary election in that election year. Registered voters who
voted in the primary election of any political party that held a
presidential preference primary election that year shall be ineligible
to sign the petitions of any other candidate for president.[/list:u:2wm0nbd3](3) If write-in candidates for President and Vice President of the
United States receive the most votes in a general election as canvassed
by the board of state canvassers, such candidates shall file with the
Secretary of State, within five days after the canvass of votes, the
affidavits and supporting documentation required under subsections (4)
through (6) of this section. The Secretary of State shall make the
determination and certification of the candidates' eligibility in
accordance with subsection (7) of this section, except that such
certification shall be made within seven days after the canvassing of
the votes. The appeal process of subsection (7) of this section shall
apply, except that any appeal shall be filed within five days after the
determination by the Secretary of State.

(4) Each person who wishes to have his or her name placed on the
general election ballot as a candidate for President or Vice President
of the United States shall first meet the eligibility requirements of
Article II, section 1, of the Constitution of the United States. Such
person shall submit an affidavit to the Secretary of State along with
supporting documentation as specified in subsections (5) and (6) of this
section by September 8 of the year in which the election is scheduled.
The affidavit and supporting documentation shall be a public record.

(5) The affidavit shall be sworn or affirmed before a notary public
and shall contain statements substantially as follows:

• I was born a citizen of the United States of America and was subject
  exclusively to the jurisdiction of the United States of America,
  owing allegiance to no other country at the time of my birth. On the day
  I was born, both my birth mother and birth father were citizens of the
  United States of America. As further evidence of the above statements,
  I have attached the items required in subsection (6) of this section.
  
  As of inauguration day, ........ (insert year office will be assumed upon election),
  I will have obtained the age of thirty-five years and will have resided in the
  United States of America for at least fourteen years, including the following
  periods at the corresponding address(es) (add additional sheets if necessary):

(6) (a) Each candidate for President or Vice President of the United States shall

• [list:2wm0nbd3](i) attach documents as indicated in each of the three requirements
  in the following subdivisions, some of which require multiple documents,
  
  (ii) state in the affidavit which required documents are attached
  that meet such requirements, and
  
  (iii) include in the affidavit, statements substantially as indicated
  in this subsection as applicable.

(b) Requirement number one: One of the following in subdivision (i) or (ii) of this subdivision:

• (i) A certified copy of my first original long-form birth certificate
  issued shortly after the time of my birth; or
  
  (ii) Only if the document described in subdivision (i) of this subdivision
  is not obtainable under the laws of the state that issued my birth certificate,
  then both documents described in subdivisions (A) and (B) of this subdivision:[list:2wm0nbd3]
  (A) A certified copy of my certification of live birth which includes
  the names of my birth parents who are listed on my first original
  long-form birth certificate issued shortly after the time of my birth; and
  
  (B) A sworn and acknowledged affidavit by me stating that my parents names
  contained on my certification of live birth are the same birth parent names
  as contained on my first original birth certificate;
  
  (C) Requirement number two: One of the following in subdivision (i) or (ii) or (iii) or (iv) or (v) of this subdivision:[list:2wm0nbd3]
  (i) A certified copy of my birth mother's long-form birth certificate
  indicating her United States citizenship;
  
  (ii) Only if the document described in subdivision (i) of this subdivision is not
  obtainable under the laws of the state that issued my mother's birth certificate,
  then both documents described in subdivisions (A) and (B) of this subdivision:[list:2wm0nbd3]
  (A) A certified copy of my mother's certification of live birth
  indicating her United States citizenship; and
  
  (B) A sworn and acknowledged affidavit by me stating my mother's place
  of birth as denoted on her long-form birth certificate and stating that
  her parents names contained on her certification of live birth are the
  same parent names as contained on her long-form birth certificate;

(iii) My birth mother's Certificate of United States Naturalization
showing she obtained United States citizenship prior to my date of birth;

(iv) My birth mother's Certificate of United States Citizenship showing
she obtained United States citizenship prior to my date of birth; or

(v) Certified copies of documents that indicate my mother was a United
States citizen prior to my birth, being the same documents as those
required to obtain a Certificate of United States Citizenship; and[/list:u:2wm0nbd3]
(D) Requirement number three: One of the following in subdivision (i) or (ii) or (iii) or (iv) or (v) or (vi) of this subdivision:

• (i) A certified copy of my birth father's long-form birth certificate
  indicating his United States citizenship;
  
  (ii) Only if the document described in subdivision (i) of this subdivision is not
  obtainable under the laws of the state that issued my father's birth certificate,
  then both documents described in subdivisions (A) and (B) of this subdivision:[list:2wm0nbd3]
  (A) A certified copy of my father's certification of live birth
  indicating his United States citizenship; and
  
  (B) A sworn and acknowledged affidavit by me stating my father's place
  of birth as denoted on his long-form birth certificate and stating that
  his parents names contained on his certification of live birth are the
  same parent names as contained on his long-form birth certificate;

(iii) My birth father's Certificate of United States Naturalization
showing he obtained United States citizenship prior to my date of birth;

(iv) My birth father's Certificate of United States Citizenship showing
he obtained United States citizenship prior to my date of birth;

(v) Certified copies of documents that indicate my father was a United
States citizen prior to my birth, being the same documents as those
required to obtain a Certificate of United States Citizenship; or

(vi) A sworn and acknowledged affidavit by me stating that

• (A) no father is listed on my first original long-form birth certificate,
  (B) I do not know who my birth father is and
  (C) I have no reason to believe my birth father was not a United States citizen at the time of my birth.

[/list:u:2wm0nbd3][/list:u:2wm0nbd3][/list:u:2wm0nbd3][/list:u:2wm0nbd3](7) The Secretary of State shall make the completed affidavit and
supporting documentation submitted pursuant to subsections (4)
through (6) of this section available for public inspection at his or
her office within one business day of receipt.
The Secretary of State shall determine and certify the candidates'
constitutional eligibility on or before September 17 of the year in
which the election is scheduled. The Secretary of State shall certify
only those candidates who have completed notarized affidavits as
prescribed in this section and who have provided all required
accompanying documentation. The certification of the Secretary of
State shall be final, except that a candidate or any registered voter
who was registered to vote in Nebraska prior to the certification may
appeal the determination to the district court of Lancaster County by
the following October 1. A person who files an appeal in accordance
with this section shall have standing in the district court with
regard to this matter.

Sec. 2. Section 32-714, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is amended to read:

32-714 (1) The Governor shall provide each presidential elector
with a list of all the electors. If any elector is absent or
if there is a deficiency in the proper number of electors, those
present shall elect from the citizens of the state so many persons as
will supply the deficiency and immediately issue a certificate of
election, signed by those present or a majority of them, to the
person or persons so chosen. In case of failure to elect by 3 p.m. of
such day, the Governor shall fill the vacancies by appointment. After
all vacancies are filled, the college of electors shall proceed with
the election of a President of the United States and a Vice President
of the United States and certify their votes in conformity with the
Constitution and laws of the United States.

(2) Each at-large presidential elector shall cast his or
her ballot for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who
received the highest number of votes in the state. Each congressional
district presidential elector shall cast his or her ballot for the
presidential and vice-presidential candidates who received the
highest number of votes in his or her congressional district.

(3) It is unlawful for any presidential elector from Nebraska to cast
his or her electoral college vote for a candidate who is not certified
by the Secretary of State as constitutionally eligible to serve
in accordance with section 32-620. Any presidential elector violating
this subsection shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.

Sec. 3. Section 32-813, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is amended to read:

32-813 (1) The names of all candidates and all proposals
to be voted upon at the general election shall be arranged upon the
ballot in parts separated from each other by bold lines in the order
the offices and proposals are set forth in this section. If any
office is not subject to the upcoming election, the office shall be
omitted from the ballot and the remaining offices shall move up so
that the same relative order is preserved. The order of any offices
may be altered to allow for the best utilization of ballot space in
order to avoid printing a second ballot when one ballot would be
sufficient if an optical-scan ballot is used. All proposals on the
ballot shall remain separate from the offices, and the proposals
shall follow all offices on the ballot.

(2) (a) If the election is in a year in which a President

• of the United States is to be elected, the names and spaces for
  voting for candidates for President and Vice President shall be
  entitled Presidential Ticket in boldface type.
  
  (b) The names of candidates for President and Vice President for
  each political party shall be grouped together, and
  each group shall be enclosed with brackets with the political party
  name next to the brackets and one square or oval opposite the names
  in which the voter indicates his or her choice.
  
  (c) The names of candidates for President and Vice President who have
  successfully petitioned on the ballot for the general election shall
  be grouped together with the candidates appearing on the same petition
  being grouped together, and each group shall be enclosed with brackets
  with the words "By Petition" next to the brackets and one square or
  oval opposite the names in which the voter indicates his or her choice.
  
  (d) Beneath the names of the candidates for President and
  Vice President certified by the officers of the national political
  party conventions pursuant to section 32-712 32-620 and beneath the
  names of all candidates for President and Vice President placed on
  the general election ballot by petition, two write-in lines shall be
  provided in which the voter may fill in the names of the candidates
  of his or her choice. The lines shall be enclosed with brackets with
  one square or oval opposite the names in which the voter indicates
  his or her choice. The name appearing on the top line shall be
  considered to be the candidate for President, and the name appearing
  on the second line shall be considered to be the candidate for Vice
  President.

(3) The names and spaces for voting for candidates for
United States Senator if any are to be elected shall be entitled
United States Senatorial Ticket in boldface type.

(4) The names and spaces for voting for candidates for
Representatives in Congress shall be entitled Congressional Ticket in
boldface type. Above the candidates' names, the office shall be
designated For Representative in Congress ...... District.

(5) The names and spaces for voting for candidates for
the various state officers shall be entitled State Ticket in boldface
type. Each set of candidates shall be separated by lines across the
column, and above each set of candidates shall be designated the
office for which they are candidates, arranged in the order
prescribed by the Secretary of State. The candidates for Governor of
each political party receiving the highest number of votes in the
primary election shall be grouped together with their respective
candidates for Lieutenant Governor. Each group shall be enclosed with
brackets with the political party name next to the brackets and one
square or oval opposite the names in which the voter indicates his or
her choice for Governor and Lieutenant Governor jointly. The
candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor who have successfully
petitioned on the general election ballot shall be grouped together
with the candidates appearing on the same petition being grouped
together. Each group shall be enclosed with brackets with the words
"By Petition" next to the brackets and one square or oval opposite
the names in which the voter indicates his or her choice for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor jointly. Beneath the names of the candidates
for Governor nominated at a primary election by political party and
their respective candidates for Lieutenant Governor and beneath the
names of all candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor placed
on the general election ballot by petition, one write-in line shall
be provided in which the registered voter may fill in the name of the
candidate for Governor of his or her choice and one square or oval
opposite the line in which the voter indicates his or her choice for
Governor.

(6) The names and spaces for voting for nonpartisan candidates shall be
entitled Nonpartisan Ticket in boldface type. The names of all nonpartisan
candidates shall appear in the order listed in this subsection, except that
when using an optical-scan ballot, the order of offices may be altered to
allow for the best utilization of ballot space to avoid printing a second
ballot when one ballot would be sufficient:

• (a) Legislature;
  (b) State Board of Education;
  (c) Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska;
  (d) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;
  (e) Judge of the Supreme Court;
  (f) Judge of the Court of Appeals;
  (g) Judge of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court;
  (h) Judge of the District Court;
  (i) Judge of the Separate Juvenile Court;
  (j) Judge of the County Court; and
  (k) County officers in the order prescribed by the election commissioner or county clerk.

(7) The names and spaces for voting for the various
county offices and for measures submitted to the county vote only or
in only a part of the county shall be entitled County Ticket in
boldface type. If the election commissioner or county clerk deems it
advisable, the measures may be submitted on a separate ballot if
using a paper ballot or on either side of an optical-scan ballot if
the ballot is placed in a ballot envelope or sleeve before being
deposited in a ballot box.

(8 ) The candidates for office in the precinct only or in
the city or village only shall be printed on the ballot, except that
if the election commissioner or county clerk deems it advisable,
candidates for these offices may be submitted on a separate ballot if
using a paper ballot or on either side of an optical-scan ballot if
the ballot is placed in a ballot envelope or sleeve before being
deposited in a ballot box.

(9) All proposals submitted by initiative or referendum
and proposals for constitutional amendments shall be placed on a
separate ballot when a paper ballot is used which requires that the
ballot after being voted be folded before being deposited in a ballot
box. When an optical-scan ballot is used which requires a ballot
envelope or sleeve in which the ballot after being voted is placed
before being deposited in a ballot box, initiative or referendum
proposals and proposals for constitutional amendments may be placed
on either side of the ballot, shall be separated by a bold line, and
shall follow all other offices placed on the same side of the ballot.
Initiative or referendum proposals and constitutional amendments so
arranged shall constitute a separate ballot. Proposals for
constitutional amendments proposed by the Legislature shall be placed
on the ballot as provided in sections 49-201 to 49-211.

Sec. 4. Original sections 32-620, 32-714, and 32-813,
Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, are repealed.

Sec. 5. The following section is outright repealed:
Section 32-712, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska.

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It's beyond the comprehension of my pea size peasant brain to understand why states would EVER find it necessary to draft bills to validate and ensure the eligibility of a POTUS candidate. Unbelievable!! Think about it! It looks like to me that the states are sending a clear message to the federal government "We don't trust you to do your job so we are going to protect ourselves." Isn't this exactly what a state might do before it finally secedes and declares it's independence? Is this what we're coming to?

Legislation is necessary because each state legislature decides how to select it's Presidential Electors. Currently all state's choose to do it by a popular vote. (All states except Nebraska and Maine give the winner of the statewide popular vote all it's electroal votes. Nebraska and Maine allocate a portion of their electoral votes according to the popular vote by congressional district.)

Since the voting for President is actually 50 separate state elections (all held on the same day), it is up to each state to administer it's presidential election under it's state election laws.

The memo at this web site
http://www.scribd.com/doc/41131059/CRS- ... -Questions

from the Congressional Research Service confirms that there is NO federal eligibility check for president (see paragraphs 2-4).

Nebraska's proposed legislation would also make it a felony for a Presidential Elector from the state to vote for a candidate who is not certified by the Secretary of State as eligible.