Posted on 11/10/2008 6:30:13 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Reader Jason wrote to Electoral college requesting Obama's birth certificate records be released. Jason wrote, "I emailed the Electoral College and submitted all the information from the We The People petition and ad- so they can be aware of their duty before electing this man into what will be our utmost undoing."
They answered and punked out.
The Office of the Federal Register at the National Archives and Records Administration administers the Electoral College process, which takes place after the November general election. The Office of the Federal Register does not have the authority to handle issues related to the general election, such as candidate qualifications. People interested in this issue may wish to contact their state election officials or their Congressional Representatives.
Because the process of qualifying for the election and having a candidate's name put on the ballot varies from state to state, you should contact your state's top election officer for more information. In most states, the Secretary of State is the official responsible for oversight of state elections, including the presidential election. Visit the National Secretaries of State web site to locate contact information and web addresses for the Secretary of State from each state and the District of Columbia.
Under federal law an objection to a state's electoral votes may be made to the President of the Senate during Congress's counting of electoral votes in January. The objection must be made in writing and signed by at least one Senator and one member of the House of Representatives. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives debate the objection separately. Debate is limited to two hours. After the debate, both the Senate and the House of Representatives rejoin and both must agree to reject the votes.
Legal Affairs and Policy Staff Office of the Federal Register
The President of the Senate is Robert Byrd - good luck with that!
UPDATE: Slim guy advises: The people to contact are your party representatives at the state level. The leadership of your state Senate and House of your party and the Office of the Governor and Sec of State and possibly the AG. Methods of appointment of electors vary from state to state and also just how much control the government has over them once they are appointed. A little homework needed on your part to determine the best course of action in your case.
UPDATE: My bad... The current President pro tempore of the Senate is Robert Byrd --
According to wikipedia, Roark is right - the U.S. Constitution states the Vice President of the United States serves as President of the Senate, and is the highest-ranking official of the Senate even though he only votes in the case of a tie. CHENEY! How very Rovian .... talk about going out with a bang :)
I have no idea. Somebody has to be in charge, I reckon.
Has anybody ask Lingle WHY she sealed his BC?
Both Newt Gingrich and Fred Thompson want to battle it out for the leadership of the RNC?? Let them prove themselves: The one that goes public with this issue and fully articulates the pertinent points can earn the spot. Beyond the fact that BO won’t provide the vault copy of his birth certificate, it’s important that he was traveling around on an Indonesian passport as a young adult. So when did he give up his Indonesian citizenship?? Doesn’t anyone in the press or Congress even care if he meets the constitutional requirements to be president of the US? Call Newt Gingrich’s office and tell him to get on this. If he refuses, then we don’t want him as head of the RNC.
In all those elections there are NO electors other than the voters. This is completely different from the presidential elections which are actually TWO elections: first to elect electors and second for the electors to elect the president.
This is why I am saying people simply do not understand the constitutional process. Electors elected in the first election are NOT bound to vote for ANY candidate so they would have to face the issue if he were unqualified but not until they are to vote.
Nor is there anything saying unqualified candidates cannot run or even win just that he cannot assume office legally if unqualified.
I understand it perfectly well. So does Phil Berg. Which is why he sued the FEC and the DNC as well as Obama.
Lingle claims she is enforcing Hawaii's privacy act, or its equivalent.
One would think, though, that a court subpoena would trump Obama's privacy in his BC. So presumably any of the plaintiffs or their attorneys in these ongoing suits regarding O's constitutional eligibility could send her a subpoena requisting a bona fide copy of the BC. I think she would be quaking in her boots if she had to release it.
The Electoral College is not an institution per se. It is simply the Electors in each state and never “meets” as a whole. Electors meeting in each state make up the Electoral College. It is not as if they all fly to Washington and have a big meeting.
Yeah because he could get us out of this pickle with just a really good screwdriver!
It is more complicated than the politics of the Castratii. This is an issue which has never arisen and no one has a clear idea of how to address it even if so inclined.
BTW:
Nader barred from New Mexico ballot
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-17-nader-new-mexico_x.htm
We're dealing with it.
I wouldn't call him that, myself. Many of the details aren't known. That's the problem. Just who has authority, Constitutionally, to challenge a potentially unqualified winner of a presidential election is another problem.
If there is any politician on the national stage, who is capable of being bullheaded/quixotic enough to pursue this, he's the one.
I know. I wish you all the sucsess in the world.
The people in authority over us seem afraid to even ask the question much less rule to force Obama to produce a LEGAL birth certificate. I believe we are seeing the breakdown of the US Constitution right before our eyes with the help of our courts and politicians. This is truly a political coup with the Democrats at it's core.
Those actions will not have any effect since the institution which decides qualifications is Congress in joint session. Read the Constitution and the law relevant to State certifications of their electoral votes.
There is no role for a court in it from anything I have seen.
Your statement indeed indicates that neither Berg nor you understand the process. This last election is not the election which matters unlike the vote of the electors.
Because I have no faith in the elites in the courts or in elective office, I don’t expect to succeed, frankly. But, if you care about the Constitution, you have to try.
OK, I have a question....
I am 48 y.o., a resident of the U.S. born in NY...I am eligible to run for POTUS, and file paperwork with the FEC to do so.
Who would check on my Constitutionally mandated ‘requisites’...such as my age and natural born citizen status?
Maybe calling Paul gutless is extreme.
My understanding is that Berg and another person affiliated with this suit will be at the National Press Club next Monday. These presentations are carried on CSPAN.
When the Constitution was ratified it established Congress in joint session as the authority ruling on qualifications and, presumably, the States must base their certification of their electoral votes on proof.
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