Obama's Birth Certificate

An interesting point concerning Obama's birth certificate:

1. Without the long form birth certificate information Mr. Obama could have been born anywhere. Even his sister Mya Sottero has a Hawaii birth certificate and she was born in Indonesia. Here is why: [§338-17.8] Certificates for children born out of State:

(a) Upon application of an adult or the legal parents of a minor child, the director of health shall issue a birth certificate for such adult or minor, provided that proof has been submitted to the director of health that the legal parents of such individual while living without the Territory or State of Hawaii had declared the Territory or State of Hawaii as their legal residence for at least one year immediately preceding the birth or adoption of such child.

(b) Proof of legal residency shall be submitted to the director of health in any manner that the director shall deem appropriate. The director of health may also adopt any rules pursuant to chapter 91 that he or she may deem necessary or proper to prevent fraudulent applications for birth certificates and to require any further information or proof of events necessary for completion of a birth certificate.

(c) The fee for each application for registration shall be established by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 91. [L 1982, c 182, §1]
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0338/HRS_0338-0017_0008.htm

"...provided that proof has been submitted to the director of health that the legal parents of such individual while living without the Territory or State of Hawaii had declared the Territory or State of Hawaii as their legal residence for at least one year immediately preceding the birth or adoption of such child." In other words, if you live out of the State of Hawaii, you can still get a birth certificate, as long as you DECLARE your legal residence a year preceding the birth. Seems a little lax; furthermore, the providing of evidence seems a little ambigious: "Proof of legal residency shall be submitted to the director of health in any manner that the director shall deem appropriate."

2.The State of Hawaii DID NOT confirm Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii; they only confirmed the he had a birth certificate on file and they had seen it. DR. FUKINO could also have made the exact statement about Mr. Obama’s sister Mya Sottero whom again was born in Indonesia.

STATEMENT BY DR. CHIYOME FUKINO: “There have been numerous requests for Sen. Barack Hussein Obama’s official birth certificate. State law (Hawai‘i Revised Statutes §338-18) prohibits the release of a certified birth certificate to persons who do not have a tangible interest in the vital record.“Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, have personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.“No state official, including Governor Linda Lingle, has ever instructed that this vital record be handled in a manner different from any other vital record in the possession of the State of Hawai‘i.”

http://hawaii.gov/health/about/pr/2008/08-93.pdf

You will notice he says nothing about Obama being born in Hawaii, simply that he has seen and verified that they have a birth certificate on file for Mr. Obama, a birth certificate that anyone can obtain, regardless of where they were born. Interesting.