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The part about the “African” entry for race instead of Negro may have been answered by factcheck, unless Negro or Colored were the only options allowed at that time.

When the COLB was printed determines what word the Census Bureau used for African-American US Citizens only.

The COLB was allegedly printed in 2007, so BLACK would have been used if Obama Sr. was a US citizen. But, since he was an African national, AFRICAN is what was used.

The COLB was allegedly printed in 2007, so BLACK would have been used if Obama Sr. was a US citizen. But, since he was an African national, AFRICAN is what was used.

That clears up some confusion on that one. Assuming Sr. (and others from Africa) or the state tended to identify their race (as opposed to nationality) on COLBs as "African". White nationals from Africa probably would have identified their race as White or Caucasian. Do/did they go by the continent they were from or by their skin color? And did states allow for "Other" and an applicant's fill-in for race as claimed by the factcheck article? In this case Sr's supposed choice of "African"?

The rest of the evidence for forgery is plenty convincing anyway regardless. But since this is a key argument from other blogger sites/sources for forgery, I believe its crucial that it be proven or eliminated so that what is presented is credible.

From the factcheck article:
...but they did answer another frequently-raised question: why is Obama's father's race listed as "African"? Kurt Tsue at the DOH told us that father's race and mother's race are supplied by the parents, and that "we accept what the parents self identify themselves to be." We consider it reasonable to believe that Barack Obama, Sr., would have thought of and reported himself as "African."

Judge rejects Montco lawyer’s bid to have Obama removed from ballot

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In a 34-page memorandum and opinion, the judge said Berg’s allegations of harm were “too vague and too attenuated” to confer standing on him or any other voters.

Surrick ruled that Berg’s attempts to use certain laws to gain standing to pursue his claim that Obama was not a natural-born citizen were “frivolous and not worthy of discussion.”

The judge also said the harm Berg alleged did “not constitute an injury in fact” and Berg’s arguments to the contrary “ventured into the unreasonable.”

For example, Berg had claimed that Obama’s nomination deprived citizens of voting for Sen. Hillary Clinton in November. (Berg backed Clinton in the primaries.)

Berg could not be reached for comment last night.

Obama was born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961, and the campaign posted a document issued by Hawaii on its Web site, fight thesmears.com, confirming his birth there.

Berg said in court papers that the image was a forgery.

The nonpartisan Web site FactCheck.org examined the original document and said it was legitimate.

Further, a birth announcement in the Aug. 13, 1961, Honolulu Advertiser listed Obama’s birth there on Aug. 4. *

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20081025_Judge_rejects_Montco_lawyer_s_bid_to_have_Obama_removed_from_ballot.html