There are as I understand it other states now crafting eligibility statutes for the 2012 elections. It would be really ironic if Arizona in the end had the last laugh if Obama loses reelection because he did not want to show his long form birth certificate and that caused millions of voters not trust him anymore.
There are as I understand it other states now crafting eligibility statutes for the 2012 elections.
I suspect most states already have in place statutes/laws/codes outlining elgibility which requires a certification of elgibility of the candidate. What they apparently don’t have is a requirement for proof of that elgibility..
Here is what a couple of states already have on the books:
Texas: http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/EL/htm/EL.192.htm
SUBCHAPTER B. PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
Sec. 192.031. PARTY CANDIDATE’S ENTITLEMENT TO PLACE ON BALLOT. (a) A political party is entitled to have the names of its nominees for president and vice-president of the United States placed on the ballot in a presidential general election if:
(1) the nominees possess the qualifications for those offices prescribed by federal law;
(2) the party’s state chair signs a written certification of:
(A) the names of the party’s nominees for president and vice-president; and
(B) the names and residence addresses of presidential elector candidates nominated by the party, in a number equal to the number of presidential electors that federal law allocates to this state;
(3) the party’s state chair delivers the written certification to the secretary of state before the later of:
(A) 5 p.m. of the 70th day before presidential election day; or
(B) 5 p.m. of the first business day after the date of final adjournment of the party’s national presidential nominating convention; and
(4) the party is:
(A) required or authorized by Subchapter A of Chapter 172 to make its nominations by primary election; or
(B) entitled to have the names of its nominees placed on the general election ballot under Chapter 181.
(b) If the state chair’s certification of the party’s nominees is delivered by mail, it is considered to be delivered at the time of its receipt by the secretary of state.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 203, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1109, Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 355, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1235, Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2009.
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New Hampshire:
http://www.sos.nh.gov/rsa655.htm
655:17-b Declaration of Intent; Presidential Candidates Who File Nomination Papers.
I. Declarations of intent for each candidate for president who seeks nomination by nomination papers shall be in the form provided in paragraph II. Declarations of intent required by this section shall be filed with the secretary of state, signed by the candidate, and notarized by a notary public.
II. I, _________, swear under penalties of perjury that I am qualified to be a candidate for president of the United States pursuant to article II, section 1, clause 4 of the United States Constitution, which states, No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States. I further declare that I am domiciled in the city (or town or unincorporated place) of _____, county of ____, state of ____, and am a qualified voter therein; that I intend to be a candidate for the office of president to be chosen at the general election to be held on the ____ day of ____; and I intend to file nomination papers by the deadline established under RSA 655:43. I further declare that, if qualified as a candidate for said office, I shall not withdraw; and that, if elected, I shall be qualified for and shall assume the duties of said office.