In this case it most likely was illegal though, because the law requires the registrant to have been born in Hawaii and with a non-valid record the State of Hawaii could not say whether he was or wasn’t born in Hawaii. My suspicion is that they tried to resolve that dilemma by making the new BC non-valid just like the original, so that in neither case would they say that they vouch for any birth claims.
And reassigning Obama SOMEBODY ELSE’s BC# is not authorized in HRS 338-17.7. The only reason to change Stig Waidelich’s BC# is if Stig Waidelich is in danger. The only reason to change Virginia Sunahara’s BC# is if Virginia Sunahara is in danger. And we know that not to be the case. The new BC was not supposed to infringe on anything legally real; was just supposed to be a cosmetic cover-up so somebody could claim to be somebody else and the “bad guys” couldn’t find them.
If you haven't read it, you really need to read it. It explains a lot and it makes sense.