reply to post by TrueAmerican
I don't know who originally posted this but the person who did got it backwards.
The DNC did not purposely remove the "legally qualified to serve under the provisions of the US Constitution" statement from the 2008 Certification
of Nomination it sent to every state except HI.
The verbiage on the 49 state cert is identical to the verbiage on the 2000 and 2004 certs. What the DNC did do was ADD the "legally qualified to
serve under the provisions of the US Constitution" to the cert provided to HI.
HI Election laws require the state and national party to submit a sworn declaration that the candidate is constitutionally qualified to serve.
The real controversy is that the Hawaii Democratic Party REMOVED the "legally qualifed to serve under the provisions of the US Constitution" from
its 2008 Certification of Nomination.
2000 and 2004 HDP statement reads: "This is to certify that the following candidates for President and Vice President of the United States are
legally qualified to serve under the provisions of the United States Constitution and are the duly chosen candidates of both the state and the
National Parties by balloting at the Presidential Preference Poll and Caucus held ___ (2000. 2004) in the State of Hawaii and acclamation at the
National Democratic Convention held ____ (2000, 2004) in...."
The 2008 HDP cert reads: "This is to certify that the following candidates for President and Vice President of the United States are legally
qualified to serve under provisions of the national Democratic Parties balloting at the Presidential Preference Poll and Caucus held February 19th,
2008 in the State of Hawaii and acclamation at the National Democratic Convention held August 27th, 2008 in Denver, Colorado."
The BIG question is why did the HDP modify its statement by entirely removing "under the US Constitution" and "duly chosen". The 2008 statement
makes no sense whatsoever. Just how is a candidate legally qualified to serve under provisions of the national Democratic Parties balloting at the
Presidential Preference Poll and Caucus held..."?
The certification is a sworn declaration and someone at HDP purposely removed this verbiage so not to perjure themselves. Someone knows that Barry's
NBC status does not pass the smell test....