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“Since he did not use the “document” to secure a passport, driver license, etc.”

Why one doesn’t have to produce a valid birth certificate to run for the Presidency, but does have to provide one for the above, is beyond me. It should be required that a valid copy be on file for public review in Washington.

"It should be required that a valid copy be on file for public review in Washington."

BZ (Before Zero) I always assumed that you had to produce a valid birth certificate when you applied and paid the required fees.
I never said I stayed awake through my civics class. I was known to doze off now and then or shoot spit balls at the teacher.

Basically its the job of the individual states controls to control eligibility. In many states that's in the Secretary of State's office. In the 1990s a minor party candidate (a Trotsskyite-oriented candidate)who openly admitted he was born in a Central American nation ( I think it was Guatemala) got on ballot in 17 states. I don't know if he tried to get on the ballot in all 50. However its clear that at least 17 state election and/or Secretary of State's offices couldn't be bothered with enforcing the Constitution. (In the 2 states I have lived my life in, if you look at the Rat goofballs who have been SOS’s you can see why if they are representative of the type who seeks that office!) In reality we have 50 state election not one federal election, the aggregate of the state elections make the federal election.

Think of that guy as a test case for Zero!

The Founding Fathers made the Federal government, the state governments and the people responsible for maintaining the integrity of the system. We have clearly failed them!