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To: SeekAndFind

When Barry Goldwater ran in 1964, some Democrats argued that he wasn’t eligible because when he was born in 1901, Arizona was not yet a state.


23 posted on 05/08/2013 9:38:36 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: TBP

That’s covered under the Fourteenth which was specifically worded to cover these cases. Anyone born in territory that was American as of 1865 was considered to be a citizen of the United States - even if they were born under a different flag.


25 posted on 05/08/2013 9:47:43 AM PDT by JCBreckenridge (Texas is a state of mind - Steinbeck)
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