Georgia 'Birther' suit attempts to remove Obama from 2012 ballot

According to Dustin Baker of the blog Georgia Politico, a suit has been filed with the office of Georgia's Secretary of State Brian Kemp challenging Barack Obama's legitimacy to appear as a presidential candidate on the ballot in the November 2012 elections.

Georgia State Representative J. Mark Hatfield (R-Waycross) will plead the case before the Office of State Administrative Hearings on behalf of Mr. Kevin R. Powell of Duluth, Georgia, who filed the suit on the grounds that "Obama does not satisfy the 'natural born Citizen' requirement of Article II, Section I, Clause 5 of the United States Constitution. Obama’s father, Barack Obama, Sr., was a native of Kenya and a British subject who never became a United States citizen."

Presumably the lawsuit does not address the question of the nationality of President Obama's mother, whose status as a U.S. citizen would confer citizenship upon her son, no matter the nationality of his father.

The challenge, which Georgia Politico reports is styled "Kevin Richard Powell v. Barack Obama," was submitted to Secretary Kemp's office on November 28, and has been referred to the State Office of Administrative Hearings for further action.

Baker added, "In related economic news, no new businesses want to move to Georgia because they feel the workforce, as represented through the people they elect, are absolutely crazy and believe conspiracy theories."

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