Obama Citizenship

MT Candidate Eligibility Bill Tabled

By Phil

Per Ballot-Access.org:

On February 19, the Montana Senate Administration Committee table SB 474, which would have required all presidential candidates to submit a copy of a birth certificate, in order to be on either the primary or general election ballot, or even to qualify as a declared write-in candidate. The bill was by Senator Aubyn Curtiss (R-Fortine).

The status page shows this bill to be “probably dead,” because it was tabled in Committee on February 19.

Montana joins other States that are considering enacting candidate eligibility statutes:

• Oklahoma
• Arizona
• Missouri

A current listing of State-based initiatives can be found here.

-Phil

Full post as published by The Right Side of Life on March 07, 2009 (boomark / email).