Kansas Birther Case Ends After Joe Montgomery Withdraws Objection to Obama On Ballot
So, this guy, an employee of Kansas State University filed this objection to start a "dialogue?" And he got nervous when people who knew him, and I guess this includes his employer, called him up and asked him if he was insane. And why did the elections board need to contact anyone in Arizona? And one of the election board advisory members is a Romney advisor. More Birthers and more of the same garbage. But the Kansas Birther case is over at least.
"Joe Montgomery's decision, which he communicated in an email to the secretary of state's office Friday afternoon, ends a process that caused the all-Republican Kansas Objections Board to vote unanimously Thursday to seek further information before making a decision on whether Obama could be on the ballot.
"Montgomery told The Huffington Post Friday afternoon that public reaction to the complaint led him to decide against continuing. He declined to say exactly what was said in the calls and emails he received, but indicated that people who knew him both personally and professionally were also contacted about the complaint"
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"Montgomery wanted to start a dialogue with his objection, he said. "I have not been successful in that objective," he told HuffPost. "Not in achieving a constructive dialogue."
The state Objections Board -- consisting of Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer and Attorney General Derek Schmidt -- voted to delay a final decision, saying it needed more evidence and would reach out to Hawaiian officials for certification of the president's birth certificate, along with officials in Arizona and Mississippi. The board expressed concern that Obama's campaign did not appear before the board and only sent a letter with its position. Obama's campaign attorney Kip Waitscott wrote the board that Montgomery's objection was "baseless" and that Obama's eligibility has already been determined by state and federal courts.
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"Kobach, an informal adviser to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, said at the board meeting that he was not acting in a partisan role, but rather wanted as much information as possible before the board made a final decision. "
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/kansas-birther-case-obama-joe-montgomery_n_1884936.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012
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Rocktivity, who is not gainfully employed, filed the objection...claiming Romney was not a "natural born citizen" because his father was born Mexico, and that if U.S. citizenship is conferred "primarily" through the father, then being the offspring of polygamists makes the issue particularly moot. She also says that Romney must show the same "valid, certified documentary evidence" of being born in the United States that Obama did.
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