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"The reason they think it is a fraud is because the Hawaiian statute cited in the lower right corner as the version with the ".8" amendment on the end, i.e., 338.17.8 did not exist in 1961. It was added in 1982. That jumped out at them right away. 338.17.8 did not apply to Obama in 1961 because it did not exist in the law books yet. But the registration of out of state children was permitted in 1961 under older laws such as the one in 1911 and another in 1955. Since this document cites 338.17.8 it cannot be the initial or original birth registration document. The post provides additional info."

Probably pretty early to make a judgment about this document.

Lots of times, states have statutes with a sub-number like this; repeal it; later adopt something else with the earlier number. In order to determine what the merits of this argument are, you need to look carefully at the state legislative history documents for the statute.

See what the statute said in 1961.

Note also that the statute reference is not part of the printed form. It isn't typed on the same line as the remainder of the filing note.

Note also that the first number 1 typed on line 33 has a broken right foot; the number 1 on line 33 in the statute citation is not broken which suggests that the statutory reference was typed later.

Another possible explanation for this situation is that the file was pulled at some later date; Hawaii Department of Public Health was looking for some legal authority on which to issue a COLB so they took this and added the statutory citation so they could announce that they had a legal basis for issue of a COLB.

The other issues that have been raised about this document appear to have been resolved.

Interesting! Thanks David for your comments regarding the Blaine COLB!

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Ha! Those nutty birthers are going to crack this case yet! The truth will prevail. He thinks people stopped digging because he put out that fraudulent piece of paper and happened to be sitting in the WH when the SEALS took out OBL. He thinks it’s all going to go away. He put out the long form BC himself. If it’s proven to be fake, there’s no way out.