[Alamo-Girl]

Seems to me it's a good idea for each state to require by law proof of eligibility before a name is "printed" on a ballot.

Generally though laws are not retroactive so I doubt it would be of any help to past elections. But it would help in 2012 etc.

[Uncle Sham]

"Generally though laws are not retroactive so I doubt it would be of any help to past elections. But it would help in 2012 etc."

The law I propose would go into effect the day it was passed and would not be "retroactive". It would affect all legislative and presidential executive orders occurring from the moment it became law.

Of course, if it exposed a "usurper" while in office, I'm sure that anything he signed before such a law went into effect would be challenged in other ways.