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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach who heads the Kansas Objections Board along with two other elected Republican officials, said today that President Barack Obama can remain on the State ballot for the November general election after a complaint filed by Kansas resident Joe Montgomery, a “Birther”, dropped his objection this past Friday.
“Birthers” are people who think that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States and that he was really born in Kenya, Africa. Despite all of the empirical evidence that the White House has made available to the public and the media, there are those who refuse the facts.
TPM reported that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer voted to close the matter during the 15-minute meeting. They did so without making a ruling about the president’s citizenship. State Election Director Brad Bryant told TPM, however, that the board added a certification of Obama’s place of birth that Hawaii sent Kansas over the weekend into the record before bringing the matter to a close.
“In light of the withdraw, there wasn’t another issue before the board, they didn’t have to deny the objection,” Bryant said. “Actually, there was a motion to deny the objection but Kobach said there wasn’t any reason to because it had been withdrawn and there wasn’t any issue before the board. The effect is President Obama’s name is on the ballot. It was never removed.”
Kobach, who told TPM last week he might answer questions about his personal beliefs about whether Obama was a natural-born citizen after the matter was closed, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-will-remain-on-kansas-ballot-after-birther-complaint-dropped