Measure allowing Hawaii to ignore requests for Obama’s birth certificate advancing
By APWednesday, April 21, 2010
Bill would shun Obama birth certificate requests
HONOLULU — Hawaii lawmakers are moving closer to passing a measure allowing the state to ignore repeated requests for President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.
A conference committee unanimously voted Tuesday to advance the bill to final votes in the House and Senate.
The proposal allows state government agencies not to respond to follow-up requests for information if they determine that the subsequent request is duplicative or substantially similar to a previous request.
The bill is aimed at so-called “birthers,” who claim Obama is ineligible to be president. They say he was actually born outside the United States, and therefore doesn’t meet a constitutional requirement for being president.
The bill is SB2937.
Information from: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, www.starbulletin.com
