[browardchad]

However, I believe that all States should exercise their right (and power) to require proof of eligibility by requiring submission of an original, certified birth certificate that is accepted by the US State Department as proof of US citizenship and age (or, other authenticated documentation acceptable to the US State Department as proof of US citizenship and age).

You do realize that the COLB certification that Hawaii now issues routinely, as do most other states, is accepted by the DOS as proof of US citizenship and age? If states passed that law, they would have to accept the Certification of Live Birth, as opposed to a copy of the original birth certificate.

[Sibre Fan]

You do realize that the COLB certification that Hawaii now issues routinely, as do most other states, is accepted by the DOS as proof of US citizenship and age? If states passed that law, they would have to accept the Certification of Live Birth, as opposed to a copy of the original birth certificate.

Yes, I do know that. And I think that should be sufficient so long as (a) the candidate has to provide an "original" stamped version (not a copy or electronic image); and (b) there is nothing on the COLB to indicate that info was altered from the original long form.