Hawaii confirms Obama birth certificate is real:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-07-27-obama-hawaii_N.htm
You are being deliberately misleading. Hawaii has never said that DailyKos.org jpg image purported to be Obama’s COLB as genuine. They refuse to comment on that pixel image to whether it is real or accurate.
| According to the Hawaii Star-Bulletin, the State of Hawaii, Department of Health no longer issues copies of paper birth certificates as was done in the past, said spokeswoman Janice Okubo. The department only issues "certifications" of live births, and that is the "official birth certificate" issued by the state of Hawaii, she said. And, it's only available in electronic form. Okubo explained that the Health Department went paperless in 2001. "At that time, all information for births from 1908 (on) was put into electronic files for consistent reporting," she said. Information about births is transferred electronically from hospitals to the department. "The electronic record of the birth is what (the Health Department) now keeps on file in order to provide same-day certified copies at our help window for most requests," Okubo said. Asked for more information about the short-form versus long-form birth documents, Okubo said the Health Department "does not have a short-form or long-form certificate." "The birth certificate form has been modified over the years and decades to conform to national standards and models," she said. Okubo also emphasized the certification form "contains all the information needed by all federal government agencies for transactions requiring a birth certificate." She added that the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the state's current certification of live birth "as an official birth certificate meeting all federal and other requirements." The issue of what constitutes an official Hawaii birth certificate received national attention during last year's presidential campaign. Those who doubted Barack Obama's American citizenship called the copy of the Hawaii birth document posted on his campaign web site a fake. Asked about that document, Okubo said, "This is the same certified copy everyone receives when they request a birth certificate." "Therefore, I, as Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, have personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures." |