JB Williams, bless his heart is barking up the wrong tree here. HI is the only state to my knowledge that requires both the state and national parties provide a sworn statement that the presidential and vice presidential are constitutionally qualified. The language included in the three DNC certificates provided to HI varies. It was added after the fact to Gore’s certification, left out Kerry’s certification altogether and included in Obama’s. All three DNC certificates issued to the other states were identical meaning verbatim and did not include the constitutionally qualified language. The DNC did not depart from its standard operating practice in regard to the language contained within the certification for Gore, Kerry or Obama it provided to the other 49 states.
What is hinky is the Democratic Party of HI modified its statement to EXCLUDE the constitutionally qualified language from the Obama certification Obama it provided to HI election officials. It is clear this was an intentional omission as the language for the DPH certificates for Gore and Kerry included the constitutionally qualified statement and it was verbatim in every regard.
While I do not disagree something is obviously afoul and the DNC most likely knew there was an eligibility problem, the DNC certificates of themselves are not evidence. The DPH certificates however are evidence that both the DPH and HI election officials knew SOMETHING. The HI Elections Division should have never accepted the 2004 Kerry DNC certificate or the 2008 Obama DPH certificate as it did not meet the requirements contained within HI Statute 11-113.
See:
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0011/HRS_0011-0113.htm
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32614617/Hawaii-2000-and-2004-Certs-Rep-and-Dem
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32614591/2008-HI-Certificate-of-Nomination-Obama
http://www.scribd.com/doc/95568414/Gore-2000-DNC-49-State-Certification (I also have one for Kerry but I cannot locate it at the moment.)