3-003.05 The Department will supply for any proper purpose as defined in 174 NAC 3-004, a certified copy of a birth, death, marriage, or dissolution of marriage record, except as otherwise provided by law or court order. The burden is on the applicant to prove to the Department that a valid proper purpose exists.
3-004 PROPER PURPOSE: Proper purpose means and includes the following circumstances:
3-004.09 Media Use: Use of a certificate upon proof of identity and employment with a newspaper, magazine, radio, or television station for the purpose of reporting news to the public.
Now why, if the media can get the birth certificate of anyone born in their state, is it an unreasonable burden to expect a presidential candidate to provide proper credentials and birth documentation as is required by the proposed eligibility bill??
Excellent point.
Hawaii is actually supposed to provide letters of verification to media entities also, but (as always) they’re not following their laws and rules in Hawaii. (sigh)
For some reason I just feel really sad for the people at the LJS. Here I had thought they were so deliberately lying and it’s more likely that they either don’t have or haven’t cared to take the time to really know the subject they write about. I feel sort of like I would feel after finding out that the person making fun of my son all the time is doing it to cover up that he doesn’t know how to read.
I thought you had said at one point that you have experience with journalism. Do you have any insight as to how best to try to break through the crud so some of these people will be real with me?