Posted on 04/19/2011 8:56:44 AM PDT by ColdOne
PHOENIX -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed a bill that would have required President Obama and other presidential candidates to prove their U.S. citizenship before their names could appear on the state's ballot.
The bill would have made Arizona the first state to pass such a requirement. Opponents had warned the bill would give another black eye to Arizona after last year's controversy over the state's illegal immigration enforcement law.
Brewer said in her veto letter that she was troubled that the bill empowered Arizona's secretary of state to judge the qualifications of all candidates when they file to run for office.
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“I suspect Corbett WOULD sign it.”
Who is Corbett? And have him do it...Please.
Tom Corbett - the governor of Pennsylvania. A bill has just been introduced in Harrisburg that would require presidential candidates to produce long-form birth certificates to be included on the ballot.
The Republicans control the statehouse, and Corbett is a very conservative Republican governor.
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