But Hawaii has not said that the certificate is valid or authentic. In fact they went out of their way to avoid having to verify the validity of the document, as would be called for in a standard request for verification using their own form.
There could be a big stamp on the original record on file that says “invalid for legal purposes.” We don’t know and HI is going out of their way to keep that option open.
Yes they have.
First they said that:
“On April 27, 2011 President Barack Obama posted a certified copy of his original Certificate of Live Birth.”
Now they’ve said that:
“information contained in the “Certificate of Live Birth” published at http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/04/27/president-obamas-long-form-birth-certificate.. matches the information contained in the original Certificate of Live Birth for Barack Hussein Obama, II on file with the Hawaii State Department of Health.”
They’ve confirmed the image and the information in it.