[Hell to pay]

So what is your take on the fact that Hawaii will not accept their own COLBs for proving one is a native Hawaiian, for all the perks that go with that, but that the long form of the Birth Certificate is required?

If Hawaii will not accept a COLB for native Hawaiianship, Why should we accept one for natural born status to be President?

There is a reason, you know.

[jamese777]

So what is your take on the fact that Hawaii will not accept their own COLBs for proving one is a native Hawaiian, for all the perks that go with that, but that the long form of the Birth Certificate is required?

If Hawaii will not accept a COLB for native Hawaiianship, Why should we accept one for natural born status to be President?

There is a reason, you know.

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Establishing indigenous status requires a different level of scrutiny from establishing place of birth. There are 160 federal laws pertaining to indigenous Hawaiian status.

Yes, there is indeed a reason: Hawaii’s confidentiality of vital records laws, its statutes stating that the short form COLB is valid as “prima facie evidence of the fact of birth in any court proceeding” and its laws on establishing status as a Native Hawaiian were written many years before Barack Obama ran for President.