Wednesday, February 18, 2009

OK Citizen Bill Advances

Thanks to Ballot Access News for this post:

On February 5, the Oklahoma House Rules Committee passed HB 1329, which requires candidates to arrange to have a copy of their birth certificate sent directly from the issuing agency to the Election Board, and also requires a government photo ID. The author is Representative Mike Ritze (R-Broken Arrow).

The Committee amended the bill slightly, to say that the government photo ID requirement is also met with a photo ID issued by an Indian Tribal government.

Ritze says he will become a co-plaintiff in a proposed new lawsuit, demanding that President Obama reveal his birth certificate, if the Legislative Counsel tells him that nothing in Oklahoma legislative rules forbid him from doing so.

Michael H. Drucker
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