Obama Citizenship

OK State Rep to Introduce Bill Requiring Documentation for Ballot Placement

By Phil

The following was posted Thursday from the blogger okiecampaigns:

State Rep. Mike Ritze, Bill Would Require Proof of U.S. Citizenship to Run for Elected Office in Oklahoma.

Anyone who wants to place their name on an election ballot in Oklahoma would be required to show proof of citizenship under a bill proposed by freshman state Rep. Mike Ritze.

Ritze plans on introducing the measure during the upcoming legislative session that would require all candidates for elected office, including the U.S. Presidency, to provide a copy of a certified birth certificate and a drivers license or some other form of government issued identification at the time they file with the Oklahoma Election Board. Those running for a state office would be required to show they are a citizen of Oklahoma.

“Both our national and state constitutions are clear in what they require for a person to be qualified to hold elected office,” said Ritze, R-Broken Arrow. “If a person can’t prove their citizenship, they have no business attempting to represent the people of this state. This bill would require anyone who wants to run for election in Oklahoma, whether they are running to become the United States President or to sit on their local school board, to prove they are a United States citizen.”

Here’s the Fox News video confirming:

Check out my Initiatives category for other similar actions being taken across the nation.

-Phil

Full post as published by The Right Side of Life on December 13, 2008 (boomark / email).