Obama Citizenship

Eligibility Update: Connerat v. Obama Refiled; FL Realtor Readies Complaint; Election Law Bills in Congress

By Phil

Spencer Connerate, Plaintiff pro se in Connerat v. Obama, refiled his small claims case on July 1. According to the Pinellas County, FL docketing system, he is slated to go before the same Judge Myra S. McNary on July 28, 2009 at 2:00pm ET:

Uniform Case	Pinellas Case	Section	Case Type	Type
522009SC005522XXSCSC	09005522SC	NPC	NEGLIGENCE	SC
Style:	CONNERAT WILLIAM SPENCER 111
vs.	OBAMA BARACK HUSSEIN II
Jury Trial	STIP	NOTH	Reason	Type Disp.
Filling Date	Appeal Date	Judg. Date	Reop Date	Docket Date
07/01/09
Case/Cat
OTHER NEGLIGENCE

7 Docket Entries, 07/02/09 to 07/01/09

Pages	Date	P/D	Docket Entry	Ver
		07/02/09	CLERK	NOTICE/STMT OF CLAIM-DEFT/VIA PLAINTIFF	N
		07/02/09	CLERK	NOTICE TO PLTF/PLTF ATTY	N
		07/02/09	CLERK	PRE-TRIAL HRG SET: 072809 02:00P HON MYRA S MCNARY	F
		07/01/09	PLAINTIFF	SUMMONS FEE PAID $10.00	N
		07/01/09	PLAINTIFF	SMALL CLAIMS FILING FEE PAID $55.00	N
		07/01/09	PLAINTIFF	STATEMENT OF CLAIM	F
		07/01/09	PLAINTIFF	THIS CASE ASSIGNED BY CLERK TO SECTION NPC BY 3777 – RANDOM SC	N

NOTH	Notice of Hearing
STIP	Stipulation
Ver	Verified: F=Filed, N=Not Filed/Notice. There is no case file document associated with a notice.

The following is Mr. Connerat’s filed paperwork…

Connerat v. Obama Refiled

Per three comments posted on my site, a concerned citizen, Robert Quinn, had been in contact with Florida’s Secretary of State back on June 23, 2009, and promised to file a complaint against the Democratic National Committee and the Florida Democratic Party:

If just one large state requires the political parties to produce their candidates qualifing documents, the Obama Secrecy Loophole will be over. The following letter represents my efforts to get that done here Florida.

6/23/09

Robert Quinn
18 Lakeview Drive South
Haines City, Fla. 33844

Kurt Browning
Fla. Sec. Of State
R.A. Gray Bldg.
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-6217

Dear Secretary Browning;

Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution states;
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

For the first time in the history of this country we have an individual who has succeeded in becoming President and Commander in Chief of our military forces who has something so devastating to presidential eligibility in his authentic life records he deemed it necessary to totally seal his original vault copy birth, passport, foreign citizenship and educational records from public scrutiny and especially the military personnel who have good reason to question his loyalty and allegiance to this country alone. Much evidence exists, due to this secrecy, that very likely he may not have factually been born in the USA and very likely carries citizenship and passport from a foreign country since he traveled to Pakistan and Indonesia before ever obtaining a US passport and at a time when US citizens were not allowed into their countries. Obama and his campaign have deemed the information these documents contain to be so devastating to his constitutional eligibility they have acknowledged spending $1,000,000 of campaign money for legal fees fighting the public in order to keep the devastating authentic information contained in these documents held in secret and hidden from the voters. Obama, his party, his campaign and their lawyers know this devastating eligibility information exists. This, in its totality, constitutes election fraud and denial of due process to the voters. Legal actions brought forward thus far by individual citizens for access to these files have been denied for LACK OF STANDING.

On 2/3/09 I requested that you investigate this matter and advise me who, in the State of Florida, is legally responsible to assure that all presidential candidates meet the above-described Article II eligibility requirements prior to their names being placed upon our NEXT official Florida ballot. (Copy Attached) Your response of 2/24/09 stated that eligibility verification is the sole responsibility of the political parties and is of no concern to your office and further advised that, ?If anyone desires to challenge the qualifications of a U.S. presidential candidate, that person must bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction,? while knowing full well that we, as individual citizens, have no standing to do so. You further state that your office can do nothing without further federal or state legislation. (Copy Attached) This is not true and I suggest you have been guilty of Nonfeasance, ?The omission of some act that ought to have been performed.?

Chapter 97.012, Paragraph (3) directs that it is your responsibility to, actively seek out and collect the data and statistics necessary to knowledgeably scrutinize the effectiveness of election laws and Paragraph (15) makes it your responsibility to conduct preliminary investigations into any irregularities or fraud involving voter registration, voting, candidate petition, or issue petition activities and report his or her findings to the statewide prosecutor or the state attorney for the judicial circuit in which the alleged violation occurred for prosecution, if warranted.

Chapter 103.101, The Presidential Preference Primary, the last sentence of paragraph (5) states, ?The Department of State may promulgate rules for the orderly conduct of the presidential preference primary ballot.? This could not be expressed more clearly and it has been my position from the very beginning that the logical and proper place for this to be accomplished is in preparation of the presidential primary election ballot. In addition to the authority and responsibility granted you by the above statutes, and just as important, you took and oath of office to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution.

Until Obama?s candidacy in 2008, no presidential candidate had the testicular fortitude to attempt a run for President of the United States while deeming it necessary to totally seal the vital authentic historical records of his birth, foreign citizenship, passport and educational records from the voters. Unfortunately, due to political correctness, willful ignorance and DNC collusion, the need for you to promulgate a new primary election rule is now evident and mandatory. Article II sets the constitutional eligibility requirements. All you need do is promulgate a presidential primary rule whereby the political parties are required to submit certified copies of the documents they used to verify the eligibility of each of their primary candidates specifically including authentic original birth records. I am not suggesting you must verify the authenticity of these documents, merely the administrative filing of them for public access and scrutiny. If a party or candidate refuses to provide the verifying documents you will now have U.S. Constitutional backing to advise them, as you erroneously advised me, a citizen with no standing, to bring forth an action in a court of competent jurisdiction if they disagree. This will do much to put an end to the future use of this secrecy loophole. You and the governor already have complete authority to promulgate this new rule and the justifying need is clearly evident and mandatory.

Following your direction, I contacted DNC Chairman Tim Kaine and Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman via certified mail requesting a copy of the documents they used to verify constitutional eligibility of candidate Obama. (Copies Attached) Chairman Kaine and Chairwoman Thurman have refused to even respond to the request.

I am preparing to file an election fraud and denial of due process complaint against the DNC and the Florida Democratic Party. Before I do I want to give you and the governor one last opportunity to reconsider your position that you can do nothing to counter this blatant fraud in future elections without further legislative authority as stated in your letter of 2/24/09. You have all the authority you need and if you continue to refuse to exercise that authority you will be equally guilty, not only of nonfeasance but collusion as well, in this voter fraud and denial of due process being perpetrated by the DNC and the Florida Democratic Party.

This is a non-partisan issue, not an effort to overturn the 08 election. My goal is to simply see that this fraud-promoting loophole no longer exists. I request your immediate attention to this matter and I await a rapid response. 2010, as you know, is an election year.

Sincerely

Robert Quinn
Realtor

Mr. Quinn went on to point out some eligibility discrepancies with Florida’s election statutes, notably that the State does not require any form of substantiation outside of party nomination:

There is no Florida Statute that requires a presidential candidate to be anything other than nominated by his party. Only the nominating party has the authority and responsibility to verify constitutional eligibility.

DNC Rules, 2008 Convention, Presidential Preference, Page 14

K. 1. Based on the right of the Democratic Party to freely assemble and to determine the criteria for its candidates, it is determined that all candidates for the Democratic nomination for President or Vice President shall:
a. be registered to vote, and shall have been registered to vote in the last election for the office of President and Vice President; and
b. have demonstrated a commitment to the goals and objectives of the Democratic Party as determined by the National Chair and will participate in the Convention in good faith.
2. It is further determined that these requirements are in addition to the requirements set forth by the United States Constitution and any law of the United States.

The DNC can and must be held accountable for their participation in this election fraud.

In his final commentary, Mr. Quinn notes that most cases of vetting a candidate’s eligibility must start at the State level and that processes must be put into place in order to hold such vetting to account:

I suppose the degree to which we can hold the various Secretary of States responsible depends upon each states election laws but someone in every state should join this effort and file an election fraud complaint against the DNC and state party with their State Attorney. Many of these players will be running for office next year.

In my non-attorney opinion, the biggest hurdle that Mr. Quinn would have to overcome with respect to Florida’s lack of process of vetting by the SoS would be one concerning the “doctrine of laches.” Essentially, assuming that he overcomes the hurdle of standing (i.e.: the right to petition the government on such a case as this), he would have to prove that it is not now past time to bring such a case. The concept could also be understood as a type of “statute of limitations,” in that unless he can effectively show that — via his correspondence with the SoS — he had been trying to rectify this situation in a reasonably timely manner, this could become a legitimate legal technicality outside of his favor.

While I do critique this kind of case — and welcome comments for and against, as always — I do wish both Messrs. Connerat and Quinn the best in their respective venues.

In related news, Ballot-Access.org informs us of the current status of election law bills that are currently pending in Congress:

Almost all of the interesting election law bills in the U.S. House have continued to add co-sponsors during June. In order of how many co-sponsors each bill has, here is a list:
1. Popular vote on Puerto Rico status: 151 (HR 2499)
2. Paper Trail for Vote-Counting Machines: 80 (HR 2894)
3. Public Funding for Congressional Candidates: 56 (HR 1826)
4. Express mail to be used for mailing overseas absentee ballots: 38 (HR2393)
5. Anti-Gerrymandering: 12 (HR 3025)
6. Requiring Presidential Candidates to Submit a Birth Certificate: 6 (HR 1503).

The only interesting bill that has no co-sponsors is HR 665, to provide that D.C. voters should be treated as Maryland voters, for purposes of congressional elections. Representative Dana Rohrbacher (R-California) introduced it in February.

See the following links regarding the eligibility saga:

• Obama?s Presidential Eligibility: What You Need to Know
• Obama’s Sealed Background Documentation
• What’s the Difference Between a Birth Certification Versus a Birth Certificate?
• Obama Citizenship Facts
• The State Department and Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-VT) Natural Born Citizen Resolution (April 10, 2008)
• Citizen Grand Jury Updates and Eligibility Lawsuit Listing

-Phil

Full post as published by The Right Side of Life on July 05, 2009 (boomark / email).