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To: ConservativeMind
"Only an actual birth certificate has the additional information. Why did they say a COLB does, too?

You're confusing "Certificate of Live Birth" and a "Certification of Live Birth". A VERY common mistake here at FR. The phrase "Certificate of Live Birth" is a phrase that the Centers for Disease control uses on a document that it provided to all the states. That document, although not binding, was to be used by the states when designing their own proprietary (for lack of a better word) "birth certificate" Almost all states today use an EXACT copy of the CDC's "Certificate of Live Birth" - sometimes called a "birth certificate" or a "vault copy birth certificate" or a "long form birth certificate".

A link for the CDC form is below. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the document.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/birth11-03final-ACC.pdf

The "Certification of Live Birth" is what has been bandied around by various websites, including Obama's own campaign website. It is a computer generated document that uses information that is stored in a state's database to fill out, automatically an "official" copy of a resident's birth certificate.

It is true that every court in America be it, City, County, State or Federal will use the "Certification of Live Birth" as a prima fascia evidence of citizenship. But, it certainly leaves out information that might be critical in determining a Presidential Candidate's eligibility for office.

122 posted on 03/26/2009 9:25:56 PM PDT by Big_Monkey
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To: Big_Monkey

You are the very first person I’ve ever heard addressing something that seems so simple a nuance.

Thank you.


134 posted on 03/27/2009 6:15:23 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Cancel liberal newspaper, magazine & cable TV subscriptions (Free TV-dtv.gov). Stop funding the MSM.)
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