the actual birth certificate is a red herring... something to distract from the elephant in the room
to be eligible to assume the office of President, you must:
1. be 35 years or older
2. lived 14 years within the US
3. be a natural born citizen of the US
a natural born citizen is someone that is a citizen naturally, as there are no alternatives. this means that the person was born on US soil and of TWO US citizen parents.
the birth certificate gives the person’s age, birth parents, and location of birth. that leaves two items to be resolved.
whether or not the person has spent 14 years in the country... and whether or not both parents were US citizens at the time of birth.
this definition was in common use at the time of the founders, as it had been used world wide. the founders deliberately changed the requirement from ‘citizen’ to ‘natural born citizen’ to insure the person does not have split allegiances, at least by birth. they had used ‘citizen’ for all other offices... and only the office of the president had the singular requirement to be ‘natural born’
therefore, 0bama cannot be eligible for the ballot in september as he cannot be a natural born citizen, regardless of what his birth certificate says... unless it identifies a different father.
the same rules apply to marco rubio and bobby jindahl. if they were born on US soil... but their parents were not both US citizens at that time... then they are not eligible.