[browardchad]

The Certificate of Hawaiian Birth program was established in 1911, during the territorial era, to register a person born in Hawaii who was one year old or older and whose birth had not been previously registered in Hawaii. The Certificate of Hawaiian Birth Program was terminated in 1972, during the statehood era.

This is an vague description of a law that existed from 1911 to 1972 -- except for the fact that it applied to those one year old or older.

Has anyone, of all those filing lawsuits,  made the slightest effort to come up with a citation of the actual law, or its wording? And, if it applied to those "one year old or older," how does it apply to the Obama birth  announcement in the Hawaii papers in 1961?

[Chief Engineer]

I have no idea, I had read on numerous forums about the loose laws regarding Hawaiian birth certificates and this is the program under which a Chinese national applied for and received a Hawaiian birth certificate even though he had been born in China. This popped up in one of my searches and from what I understand the criteria for applying for the birth certificate were extremely loose often with the certficate given out on the word of those who knew the applicant.
Registering a birth in 1961 in Hawaii was also extremely relaxed and only the word of a reliable person was needed, unlike today when a signed document from either a midwife, or delivering doctor and including records for prenatal care and well baby records are required.