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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
Pika...ask this...how long and under what circumstances did it take for legislators to all of a sudden decide that this was needed?
So what if we go back about 200 years and find out that a senator was born in say....Cuba.
(just off the cuff someone can investigate that if they want)
Does that invalidate their service?
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No it doesn't, and AFAIK one does not need to be born in the U.S. to be a senator or a governor, they can be naturalized ( Granholm and Arnold come to mind). Like I said, say what you want about the origins of the bill (birther movement) but I personally don't see how candidates having to prove themselves to be eligible for office is a bad thing. I'm also talking eligible in the broad sense, not just checking their birth certificate.