I hope the law specifies that the birth certificate must be the long-form original reflecting the hospital and doctor’s signature. Hawaii apparently claims their “Certification of Live Birth” abstract, which is all that Obama’s shown and which does not include that info, is good for all legal purposes, and he might try to use that.
Ditto that. But I would hope they would also ask for the candidate's PARENTS long-forms as well. If one of your parent's was not a citizen - then you are still not natural born according to Vattel.
You have to provide your parent's birth certificates along with your own to gain entrance into the D.A.R. Nobody in the D.A.R. has her hand on the nuclear button, so a potential POTUS shouldn't get a pass either. JMO.
This is why I like Arizona's wording to provide all documention proving eligibility, not just one measely little abbreviated short form computer generated printout.
B. The national political party committee for a candidate for president for a party that is entitled to continued representation on the ballot shall provide to the secretary of state written notice of that political party’s nomination of its candidates for president and vice president. Within ten days after submittal of the names of the candidates, the national political party committee shall submit an affidavit of the presidential candidate in which the presidential candidate states the candidate’s citizenship and age and shall append to the affidavit documents that prove that the candidate is a natural born citizen, prove the candidate’s age and prove that the candidate meets the residency requirements for President of the United States as prescribed in article II, section 1, Constitution of the United States.
C. The secretary of state shall review the affidavit and other documents submitted by the national political party committee and, if the secretary of state has reasonable cause to believe that the candidate does not meet the citizenship, age and residency requirements prescribed by law, the secretary of state shall not place that candidate’s name on the ballot.
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2441p.htm
Not sure it will make much difference...the most likely effect will be a lawsuit with standing to determine once and for all if a person with a father who is not a US citizen qualifies as a natural born citizen. And I suspect Congress would weigh in preemptively and pass a resolution answering that in the affirmative.
In the end it does not matter because the short form COLB is an abstact that would be subjected to verification against the long form birth certificate and the dingbats in the White House know it.