What proper authority? Remember, no public money can be used on this case. Truth can be pursued without sending money to anyone who asks.
If I understand the process, ‘they’ have the authority and an obligation to investigate the anomalies regarding the internet posted birth certificate.
No one is obligated to cheat people. if there were a real crime, public funds could properly be devoted to a legitimate investigation of what would be a monstrous crime.
Should we content ourselves with a peremptorily determination based on speculation, before an argument can be presented in court?
There isn't going to be any court unless some prosecutor believes that this birther fundraising scam amounts to a crime.
I believe that a County Sheriff presented with information; claiming that voter fraud may have been committed is within his authority to investigate. Public money is irrelevant, and was likely a strategic decision. I cannot respond to your other comments because they strike me as incoherent. However, you need not feel defensive, we are all adults here and you sir, I am certain want to vindicate the President as much as we do. After all he seem to be confused as where he was born. Please read his literary biography which stood for 17 years, corrected twice, yet his information regarding his birth place remained unchanged. We want to help him help himself.