Yes, but they have to get some written information from the parents. The exact name of the child for instance. So there has to be a form that the parents fill out. We don't know exactly what was on that form in 1961 Hawaii.
They have racial terms to be used from the day to select from.
Perhaps. But we don't know exactly what was the list of racial terms in 1961 Hawaii. No doubt it was different from other states since Native Hawaiian was probably one of the major categories. Also we don't know if in certain special cases it was allowed to fill in a race that wasn't covered by the usual selections. Also we don't know if the parents were allowed to specify a race on the form they filled out, or whether the state official would ever use this specification. But we do know that if they were allowed to specify the father's race, that Obama Sr. would quite likely have written "African", because that fits in with the whole atmosphere he was coming from.
Also we do not know if the people filling out the COLB would have said: "Hey this guy is from Africa. He does not fit into the normal categories of white and black Americans. Maybe we should put him down as "African" rather than just "Negro" to make it clear that this is a special case. Of course the person filling out the COLB may or may not have seen Obama Sr. in person.
I doubt that in the 60’s “African” was considered a “race.”
I have already posted some links that show that it was considered a race by some people in the 1960s and earlier.
Politically and socially, the term “negro” as a racial classification was on the outs in the 60’s. Blacks called themselves Blacks during MLK days and that was a challenge to the racial classification term used officially - negros.
You are yapping and spinning like a top. Give it up! Negro was the official racial classification for Black people in the 60’s and an official filled out the COLB and it does not matter what the parents said about the race of the child they would classify the race as it was officially termed in those days.
The supposed CoLB Barry keeps trying to exhibit he claims was issued in 2007. Give it a rest, obamanoid.