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 :)
Dont worry. We trust you.
The Republican electors are, quite frankly, just as cowardly as their political leaders. They fear Obama and his media arm more than they care about the Constitution or whether the man sitting in the Oval Office is legitimate or not, by FAR.
You fail to grasp the basic concept that violations of the Constitution are ALL the citizens business.
That is why people win lawsuits for civil rights violations all the time.
That is why people can sue the government for infringing on free speech, for violations of their 2nd Amendment rights, for violation of the 4th amendment, etc etc.
You can pretend all you want, but the citizens have standing to challenge when the constitution is violated.
If someone donated to the DNC...perhaps they could sue Howard Dean for fraud....and force him to produce Obama’s certificate.....
So how would this Jason person email the electoral college?
Eldridge Cleaver was disqualified from even appearing on the ballot because of age. He wasn’t yet 35.
So, if ONE state asks for ‘proof’ of citizenship and natural born status of a candidate, it must be produced?
I know a LOT about our constitution and structure of government, but I must admit this is one aspect that I do not know the answer to.
Well, our newbie friend arrogantsob thinks the peasants don’t have standing to challenge violations of the constitution.
There is not one person in charge of all the electors. They are nominated by state parties. I don’t even think there is a consolidated list of them anywhere. I am not sure I believe this Atlas blog.
While interesting it has no bearing on our discussion. The judge did NOT say Nader was not qualified to be president merely that he could not legally be on the ballot as an Independent under New Mexico’s law because he ran on party tickets elsewhere.
It was not a constitutional question.
Looks like she wrote to the legal affairs dept of the National Register.
That’s my point...WHO disqualified him?
It is a very dumb article.
Thanks....I really was born here....really.
In other words, some circumstances determined that candidate Nader was unqualified for the NM ballot.
Just like some circumstances may make Obama unqualified.
I bet he has a 20002 zip code, and a 202 area code.
That is exactly what I posted too.
I call bullpucky on this post.
A California court, if my memory is correct.
>>>Who would check on my Constitutionally mandated ‘requisites’...such as my age and natural born citizen status?
As per the state ELECs (I contacted 7, not all of them), the parties are responsible for vetting the candidates. The FEC will only do further checking if federal monies are requested.
LOL.
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