According to my reading of the pertinent Hawaiian law, Election officials have the right to request the document if it is needed to establish credentials for an election. The question is, will Hawaii send in the ORIGINAL document for an Adopted child, or will they send the REPLACEMENT document for an Adopted child?
I guarantee you with 100% metaphysical certitude that they will send a short form COLB identical to the one Zero posted on his web site in 2008.
It doesn't matter. The only items that can change on a BC upon an adoption are the parents' names and the child's name, none of which is relevant to a candidate's eligibility for office. The only items that matter are place of birth and date of birth, and those don't change.
And that's why the states must reject a document that does not constitute actual proof. There were 13 states contemplating laws to require this. They were well aware that that trick would be attempted, and specifically wrote prohibitions against it into the proposed laws governing ballot access.
We should not be TOLERATING these stupid lawyer games. If the man cannot produce an actual copy of the original document, EVERY state should refuse to let him on the ballot. That is their DUTY. If he produces an Original, and it shows his father to be an Alien, He should not be permitted on the Ballot. That is Also their duty.