All you would need is one state to demand the long form of the birth certificate and you’d have all the proof you would need. If he didn’t produce it for Arizona, the rest of the states would see what a fraud he was and the jig would be up.
All you would need is one state to demand the long form of the birth certificate and you’d have all the proof you would need. If he didn’t produce it for Arizona, the rest of the states would see what a fraud he was and the jig would be up.
That's true theoretically, but it's also conceivable that a candidate could blame just one state for "not getting on the ballot" and try to spin it another way. So, in practice, I would prefer to see about five or more states do it. It would be impossible for a candidate to spin it another way about all those states.
You don't have to have all 50 states, but I think five or more would be good, in practice.
And furthermore, if a candidate did attempt to bypass the requirement by simply not being on the ballot in those states, then they would face an uphill battle to even get enough Electoral College votes to gain the majority in the election. I don't think they could do it -- under those circumstances, even if they tried.