One of the reasons to leave the 2-citizen part in there is because that interpretation of NBC would then be subject to court review. The court would have to decide the issue, which is what Donofrio’s and Wrotnowski’s lawsuits were intended to address. This law would just create a situation where there is standing for the issue to be addressed on its merits.
Either side of the 2-citizen argument could be afraid of what the outcome might be, or argue about what it should be. But ultimately the country needs a decision on it. If the decision is not what a particular person wanted then that person can try to amend the Constitution to correct the definition. But we have to have a functional definition before the SOS’s can realistically enforce the requirement. That is the first step to resolving this issue for now or in future elections.
And the issue is all the more relevant because we have a spate of potential Presidential candidates who will bring up these questions. We should have that resolved when it is a hypothetical question rather than when it is a ruling on a particular individual.
Imo, it’s good as written. Citizens (and lobbyists) write bills all the time. Don’t legislators run them by staff lawyers to clean them up? Is this what you’re planning to do? Have a state legislator introduce this? I think it’s great.
We need the information and it MUST be available to the public, because how else will anyone be able to raise logical, fact-based objections? Objecting to the person’s eligibility within the given timeframe is just about the only check the people have on this issue. Our only chance to “vet” the candidate.
It’s not enough to have a partisan Secretary of State or elections boards look at the documents. Remember Soros’s Secretary of State plan? Control the state secretaries, you control the elections.
If anyone wants to hold public office, then he or she must give up this small piece of personal privacy.
We have to cough up our personal documents all the time. It’s the cost of doing business with the government. Want a driver’s license? Show your papers or else you can walk.
How about that IRS paperwork you send in every year? Talk about personal information. But everybody who wants the privilege of earning money in these United States must file and comply with the odious documentation requirements of tax returns.
Want your health insurer to pay for your operation? Then you have to give their clerks access to THE most private and personal information imaginable. Now the government, under Obama, wants to computerize and create a central database, accessible to the government, of ALL your medical records.
Why should candidates for public office, people who want to work FOR US, not have to prove their eligibility? No problem, so long as they’re not trying to pull the wool over everyone’s eyes by LYING.