Sorry that the post is duplicated, but I keep putting it up in the hopes that we will get to work to correct the loophole which allowed this mess.
So.....
CALL FOR ACTION:
Please, all Fellow FREEPERS, please consider doing the following to prevent this mess of questionable eligibility from ever happening again:
Call your State Senator, your State Representative and your Governor and ask them to provide simple legislation to give the Secretary of State the right, responsibility and obligation to confirm eligibility BEFORE ANYONE can go onto the ballot.
Personally, I think the best way to contact them is by phone during business hours, then a follow up by e-mail or mail to the person you talked to, then a follow-up a week or so later, but you can do what you think is best.
Practically, this would require all future candidates to fill out an application with supporting documentation, which could then be checked out by the Secretary of State’s office.
Hope there are many, many people across the country who are willing to do this now for prevention.
Remember..... 2012 is coming!
you know what,, thats a smart idea. It only takes one state to do it. Imagine if an Obama had to explain why he wasnt on the ballot in Texas for example. Oe state can basically make it impossible not to be proven.
With so mant Oriental and Mexican illegals here there days, it is almost a certainty to come up again.
This could cause a Constitutional crisis of unheard of proportions. Technically it is up to the Electoral College to certify that the “president” is qualified to assume the office. According to Article Xll, the electors of the state shall cast their ballot for President and Vice-President and send them to the House where they are counted. The person with the largest total of Electoral votes is the President.
Now, lets look at this scenario. Suppose Obama is found not to be eligible to hold the office of President. Does that automatically make Joe Biden President? Maybe not. All of the popular vote for President and Vice President are made by one vote. You can’t split a vote and have a Democrat President and a Republican Vice-President. But, of all the votes cast, how do we know the voter was actually voting for Joe Biden? The voter wasn’t allowed an option to vote for Obama and not vote for Biden.
If Obama, being a Constitutional lawyer knew he was ineligible to hold the office, the whole election is a fraud. Does this now mean we have a do-over? Can campaign contributors have recourse to have their financial donations returned?
As for the Dems saying Oh well, let’s change the Constitution, it still requires RATIFICATION by a 2/3 majority of the States. What do we do in the meantime?
If you remember, the ERA was proposed as a Constitutional amendment and if memory serves the States only have 2 years to ratify. The clock ran out and so did the Amendment.
Any Constitutional scholars out there care to voice an opinion?
Honestly, I think ALL Candidates, regardless of Party, should have All that Info Publicly available. That would include ALL Medical Records (not some redacted thing) ALL Legal and Arrest records, Tax records, and their Birth Certificates.
Set a deadline at most 3 months before the election, after which, if all the required records aren’t made available, for whatever reason, the candidate is declared ineligible to run, and another candidate is chosen.
As I said, straight across the board, and that would include Presidental Candidates, Vice Presidental Candidates, Congressional Candidates, and Governors.
In the case of VP Candidates, since they are chosen later, their info should be made publicly available when they are named as the Candidate.