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National Committee Chairman, Alan Keyes for President
2008
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Presidential candidate
Alan Keyes, AIP leaders sue in CA court to obtain Obama
citizenship proof, stop Secretary of State from
certifying Electors
Fenton, MI – November 14, 2008
Presidential candidate Alan Keyes, vice-presidential
candidate Wiley S. Drake, and the
Chairman of the American Independent Party, Markham
Robinson, have filed suit in
California Superior Court in Sacramento seeking to bar
Secretary of State Debra Bowen
from certifying to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger the
names of Electors, and from
transmitting to each presidential Elector a
Certificate of Election, until documentary proof
is produced and verified showing that Senator Obama is
a “natural born” citizen of the
United States, and does not hold citizenship of
Indonesia, Kenya or Great Britain.
In addition, they have asked that the court issue a
peremptory writ barring Senator Obama’s
California Electors from signing the Certificate of
Vote until such documentary proof is
produced and verified.
In response to questions about why the suit was being
filed, Ambassador Keyes commented,
“I and others are concerned that this issue be
properly investigated and decided before
Senator Obama takes office. Otherwise there will
be a serious doubt as to the legitimacy of
his tenure. This doubt would also affect the respect
people have for the Constitution as the
supreme law of the land. I hope the issue can be
quickly clarified so that the new
President can take office under no shadow of doubt.
This will be good for him and for the nation.”
Former Reagan administration official Ambassador Alan
Keyes and Wiley S. Drake were
the 2008 presidential and vice-presidential nominees
of the American Independent Party,
which is the California affiliate of the new national
America’s Independent Party.
Mission Viejo, California attorney Dr. Orly Taitz and
United Justice Foundation Executive
Director Gary Kreep are representing the plaintiffs in
this case.
Copies of the court filing, along with further
information concerning developments in this
case,
will be made available at http://www.AIPNEWS.com, or
can be obtained by contacting
AIP national chairman Tom Hoefling.
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