Regardless of the shell game surrounding the certified record from the State of Hawaii, and even supporters claim is a forgery, where is the 1961 "original"? That's still an interesting subject. Laser printers did not exist in 1961, and SOMEONE has the "original" or a real copy on microfiche. Where is it?
“Laser printers did not exist in 1961, and SOMEONE has the “original” or a real copy on microfiche. Where is it?”
“Vital records (birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates) for events that occurred in Hawaii are received and preserved by the Office of Health Status Monitoring, a unit of the Department of Health. In Hawaii, access to vital records is restricted by statute (HRS §338-18).” http://hawaii.gov/health/vital-records/vital-records/index.html
The original paper copy, if it still even exists, is held by OHSM. It may well have been converted to microfiche at some point, but it also wouldn’t surprise me if such records were held exclusively in digital form either as digital records or digital images of records previously stored on paper. This original has FAR more information than the COLB we have seen.
It is not even clear whether Barack could get that full original record: “A certified copy of a vital record (birth, death, marriage, or divorce certificate) is issued only to an applicant who has a direct and tangible interest in the record.” http://hawaii.gov/health/vital-records/vital-records/elig_vrcc.html
As we’ve seen by several posted examples, when people request copies of their BC, all they get back is the COLB, NOT the full record. Presumably law enforcement could get to the complete record if there were a legitimate reason, but even that might require some sort of search warrant, i.e., court approval.
Who “owns” your birth data? Well, a lot of people think they “own” their medical records and are shocked to discover their doctors own them (except in states that have legislated something different). It may well be that the state collects and maintains these records for THEIR purposes in keeping law and order, maintaining public health. And that so long as they make available the limited COLB so that they are not denying you whatever information you need to run your life, they may have no legal compulsion to make the full record available. Maybe some legal eagle can substitute some facts for my speculation on this point.
As for laser printers, no one is contending that any of the posted COLBs are ORIGINAL records. They are certified copies that were actually printed out on whatever date was stamped on the back (June 6, 2007 in BO’s case). So you can’t draw any legitimate inferences about the authenticity of the copy based on the fact that it was laser-generated. The form it was printed onto specifically states it was modified 11/2001 etc.