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Kansas Weighs Taking Obama Off [2012 Presidential] Ballot
Fox News ^ | 22 minutes ago

Posted on 09/14/2012 11:32:36 AM PDT by drewh

The paths of President Barack Obama and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach are crossing once again.

But this time, it is not over immigration.

It is over the enduring assertion that Obama is not eligible to be president because they doubt he was born in Hawaii.

Kobach, who is an informal adviser to the Romney campaign on immigration policy, heads the all-Republican Kansas State Objections Board, which is considering removing Obama from the state's November ballot.

The issue -- which Kobach made a part of his election campaign in 2010 -- has been reignited by a claim from a Manhattan, Kan., resident that Obama is not eligible to be president because his father was from Kenya. The resident, Joe Montgomery, also questions whether Obama has a valid birth certificate.

"We have to take our responsibilities seriously," Kobach said. "Taking it seriously means that we make a decision with all of the evidence that can be obtained before we decide it."

Kobach, the architect of some of the most hard-line state-level immigration policies in the United States, including those of Arizona and Alabama, has been critical of Obama for what he says is the current administration's failure to address illegal immigration. Kobach also was the force behind a strict immigration component in the Republican party platform that was recently adopted at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.

The board, which would have the final say on the ballot absent a court challenge, plans to meet again Monday and may rule then.

(Excerpt) Read more at latino.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: certifigate; naturalborncitizen
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1 posted on 09/14/2012 11:32:43 AM PDT by drewh
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2 posted on 09/14/2012 11:35:49 AM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.<P>)
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To: drewh
If if Kansas tries to do it a Federal judge will order a reversal.That's a no brainer.
3 posted on 09/14/2012 11:37:23 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (If Obama's Reelected Imagine The Mess He'll Inherit!)
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Do it Kansas! Kick the first pebble down the hill.


4 posted on 09/14/2012 11:37:28 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: drewh

Do it Kansas! Kick the first pebble down the hill.


5 posted on 09/14/2012 11:37:40 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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God Bless ya Joe!!


6 posted on 09/14/2012 11:38:35 AM PDT by drewh
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Is this Kansas SOS the real deal or a blowhard like the Georgia guy was?


7 posted on 09/14/2012 11:40:09 AM PDT by Reily (l)
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To: drewh

BTTT


8 posted on 09/14/2012 11:40:09 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: Gay State Conservative

On what grounds can a federal court reverse a Kansas ballot eligibility ruling? If that was the case, there would simply not BE any state rules.

(speaking strictly in the legal sense, of course not in the looking glass world of our lawless/dictatorship society)


9 posted on 09/14/2012 11:40:34 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: drewh

Monday, Monday, will it ever come? Nope.

10 posted on 09/14/2012 11:42:00 AM PDT by itsahoot (I'll write in Palin in 2012. That is 1 vote for Palin, 0 votes for Romney and Zer0 votes for Obama.)
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It doesn't matter if Obama is on the ballot or not in Kansas. Either way, he's gonna lose big time here!

Way to go, Jayhawks!
11 posted on 09/14/2012 11:42:57 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Reily

Kobach is a rising star in the party. I could see him as a veep candidate soon


12 posted on 09/14/2012 11:43:54 AM PDT by drewh
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Love to see this!


13 posted on 09/14/2012 11:44:53 AM PDT by CodeToad (Be Prepared...They Are.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Yes very likely but the publicity over this will be bad for Zero! It will generate particularly bad PR if the Federal Judge is a Rat appointee.

Again I don’t know where he was born, given the evidence I have seen. However there is something “bad” about his basic documentation. So “bad” he is going to great lengths & expense to hide it. We need to know what it is!


14 posted on 09/14/2012 11:45:08 AM PDT by Reily (l)
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To: Daffynition

This is a loser move. All this will do is create a distraction from the real issues...and garner sympathy for the poser. The LAST thing we need is the media to have yet another excuse to not cover the economy and foreign policy. THOSE need to be the issues...not this. It’s too late for THIS. It should have been brought up and dealt with in ‘08. Doing so now is a bad move.


15 posted on 09/14/2012 11:47:44 AM PDT by NELSON111
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To: drewh

http://www.ksn.com/news/local/story/Will-President-Obama-be-off-the-ballot-in-Kansas/9JtrPKz2PEChlQKFhttiEw.cspx


16 posted on 09/14/2012 11:48:22 AM PDT by biggredd1
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To: Dan in Wichita
Kobach for governor!


17 posted on 09/14/2012 11:49:35 AM PDT by drewh
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To: Reily

Why should the American electorate have to deal with anything hidden about a candidate for high office? Where’s the transparency?


18 posted on 09/14/2012 11:49:43 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Joe Biden is reported to be seeking asylum in a foreign country so he does not have to debate Ryan.)
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Kansas Republicans: We Need To See Obama’s Birth Certificate
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57513244-503544/kansas-republicans-we-need-to-see-obamas-birth-certificate/


19 posted on 09/14/2012 11:54:50 AM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh
So, in order to be on the ballot in Kansas, Obama has to prove his paternity.

I like that. I like that a lot.

20 posted on 09/14/2012 11:57:16 AM PDT by Slyfox
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