"Rich Grise" wrote in message
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Doug Miller wrote:

Show me where the Constitution says a candidate for President needs to
produce his birth certificate. That's what you claimed, after all. Let's
see the proof.

Well, a real birth certificate is pretty much good enough proof that he's
a natural born citizen, no?

Thanks,
Rich

Actually, he doesn't need it in most states, unless someone challenges his
certification and goes through a challenge procedure. And that only applies
to the states' procedures for appearing on a ballot. Write-ins could
conceivably get through the process without anyone ever checking them out.
Look up "Nominating papers" or "Nominating petitions" in the state of your
choice.

In most states, the political parties certify a candidate's eligibility.
This has been very loosely handled in most election years -- filing the
papers is enough for most state election commissions. Just grabbing one
example at random, Kentucky says a candidate is qualified if 20 other states
say he's qualified. g

Gunner's statement is complete nonsense. Birth records aren't "published."
The Constitution says nothing about who or how a candidate is to be
certified. Since elections for president are actually done by the Electoral
College, you don't even vote for a president, anyway, so voting procedures
generally say nothing about it except that the candidate must sign a paper
saying he's qualified, in order to appear on that state's ballot.

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Ed Huntress