Hawaii Law concerning COLB
[From Berg blog]
The only document that Obama points to is his Certificate of Live Birth. And for most people that'd be ok, and the argument goes 'hey if he has one of those he must be a natural born citizen'. But here is the problem, according to the State of Hawaii, it is possible to register an out of state birth in Hawaii and receive a COLB:
[§338-17.8] Certificates for children born out of State. (a) Upon application of an adult or the legal parents of a minor child, the director of health shall issue a birth certificate for such adult or minor, provided that proof has been submitted to the director of health that the legal parents of such individual while living without the Territory or State of Hawaii had declared the Territory or State of Hawaii as their legal residence for at least one year immediately preceding the birth or adoption of such child.
(b) Proof of legal residency shall be submitted to the director of health in any manner that the director shall deem appropriate. The director of health may also adopt any rules pursuant to chapter 91 that he or she may deem necessary or proper to prevent fraudulent applications for birth certificates and to require any further information or proof of events necessary for completion of a birth certificate.
(c) The fee for each application for registration shall be established by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 91. [L 1982, c 182, §1]
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Thus it is perfectly reasonable that Stanley, his mother, lived in Hawaii for more than a year, left to Kenya and had the baby, and then returned and registered Obama's birth. Such a scenario would allow for Obama to provide a COLB but unable to provide a Long Form Birth Certificate since he wasn't actually born in a hospital in Hawaii so there would be no medical records, hospital records, and the like. Also, this scenario would explain why he refuses to produce his medical records, for he couldn't produce any records of being born in a hospital in Honolulu.
The only document that Obama points to is his Certificate of Live Birth. And for most people that'd be ok, and the argument goes 'hey if he has one of those he must be a natural born citizen'. But here is the problem, according to the State of Hawaii, it is possible to register an out of state birth in Hawaii and receive a COLB:
[§338-17.8] Certificates for children born out of State. (a) Upon application of an adult or the legal parents of a minor child, the director of health shall issue a birth certificate for such adult or minor, provided that proof has been submitted to the director of health that the legal parents of such individual while living without the Territory or State of Hawaii had declared the Territory or State of Hawaii as their legal residence for at least one year immediately preceding the birth or adoption of such child.
(b) Proof of legal residency shall be submitted to the director of health in any manner that the director shall deem appropriate. The director of health may also adopt any rules pursuant to chapter 91 that he or she may deem necessary or proper to prevent fraudulent applications for birth certificates and to require any further information or proof of events necessary for completion of a birth certificate.
(c) The fee for each application for registration shall be established by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 91. [L 1982, c 182, §1]
view link
Thus it is perfectly reasonable that Stanley, his mother, lived in Hawaii for more than a year, left to Kenya and had the baby, and then returned and registered Obama's birth. Such a scenario would allow for Obama to provide a COLB but unable to provide a Long Form Birth Certificate since he wasn't actually born in a hospital in Hawaii so there would be no medical records, hospital records, and the like. Also, this scenario would explain why he refuses to produce his medical records, for he couldn't produce any records of being born in a hospital in Honolulu.
