Verification TO the Secretaries of State is the responsibility of the DNC and RNC. Those entities present to each state a signed and notarized document which verifies the nominees meet the eligibility requirements as set forth in the Constitution.
In 2008 Pelosi had two options: (1) lie; (2) omit from the verification document the ‘as set forth in the US Constitution’ phrase that the nominee [Obama] met the eligibility requirements.
It’s been reported that Hawaii [2008] refused to allow Obama’s name on their ballot because he [purportedly] couldn’t/wouldn’t present proof of natural born citizenship. The DNC then omitted the ‘as set forth in the US Constitution’ phrase from the verification document, and his name went on the ballot.
IIRC, the DNC verification presented to Arizona contained the full phrase. That would mean Brewer accepted the word of the DNC/Pelosi that Obama met the eligibility requirements stated in Article II, Section 1.
I’m not a lawyer, and didn’t sleep at a Holiday Inn Express, so take as my uneducated guess that Brewer would have no liability in regard to placing Obama’s name on the ballot. It seems logical that she - or any other secretary of state - should reasonably be able to trust that the DNC document states the truth about nominees’ eligibility.
On the other hand - Pelosi’s signature is alone reason enough to foster suspicion.
The DNC used to be the DNC. What is it now?