The Presidential Eligibility Assurance Act, House Bill 401, would demand of each candidate a long-form birth certificate, a sworn statement that the candidate has never been a citizen of another country and a confirmation that the candidate has lived in the U.S. for the previous 14 years.
During the 2008 presidential elections, allegations were raised that then-candidate Barack Obama was not a U.S. citizen, which spurred him to release documentation from Hawaii confirming his birth in that state.
Rep. Mark Hatfield, R-Waycross, the lead author on the bill, is skeptical of the documentation.
The document is a certificate of live birth from the state of Hawaii, valid for use in court proceedings and is considered by Hawaii a legitimate birth certificate.
But Hatfield called on Obama to release the actual piece of paper issued at his 1961 birth.
Georgia Bill Birth Certificates
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