It is just unbelievable that no system has been established (other than believing a political party’s statement a candidate is eligible) verfifying someone meets the eligibility requirements. We have far too many people who are moving in and out of our country, in and out of our states not to see that this is verified. As long as you seem to be of appropriate age and say that you are born in the United States of legal parentage, then you are deemed eligible...without adequate proof. It is the most ridiculous abuse I have ever heard of....and has to be changed! We are getting ready to have a man elected to be our President that has a suspicious background and has offered no proof he is a natural born citizen.....and most of the people are just ignorant or ignoring this factor. I stay in shock over this entire election. I cannot believe this wonderful country is allowing this fiasco. I cannot believe that a good portion of our citizens would accept this as ‘okay’. Even my Congresswoman did not have a clue....and I like her and her record....shocking!
Citizens are responsible for this. Since we have allowed the two major parties to be corrupted by corporate and international interests, they do whatever they want, even nominating unqualified candidates, apparently.
When citizens have proper involvement in the process, questions such as eligibility can be answered before the party invests in a candidate. Anyone nominating a candidate is responsible to know if their nominee is eligible, so any delegate nominating an ineligible candidate is culpable.