Bill requiring citizenship proof for presidential contenders passes House committee

Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services
February 24, 2010

PHOENIX — The House Government Committee voted Tuesday to require presidential contenders to prove to Arizona’s secretary of state they’re “natural born citizens” to get their names on the ballot.

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The 6-1 vote came on the proposal by Rep. Judy Burges, R-Skull Valley, who said it’s only fair to require those who want to lead our country prove they meet the standards of the U.S. Constitution. She said that, at the very least, it means producing a birth certificate.

“One must have a birth certificate if you’re going to enroll your child in a sports program for school,” Burges said. The same is true of passports.
Burges never mentioned President Obama during Tuesday’s hearing or the controversy over whether he was actually born in Kenya and not Hawaii.

Another legal theory of “birthers” who have challenged Obama’s right to be president is that even if he was born in Hawaii, he lost his citizenship when his mother married an Indonesian and moved the family there.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 6:22 pm

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