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Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes Arizona 'Birther' bill
By: Bill O'ReillyApril 19, 2011
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Arizona Republic: Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday shot down an effort by the Arizona Legislature to require presidential candidates to provide proof of citizenship in order to get on the state's ballot.

In her veto letter, Brewer said House Bill 2177 "creates significant new problems while failing to do anything constructive for Arizona."

The House and Senate could override the governor's veto with a two-thirds majority vote in each chamber, but on Monday, such a move appeared unlikely.

The state Legislature was the first in the nation to pass such a bill.

The U.S. Constitution requires that presidential candidates be "natural born" U.S. citizens, be at least 35 years old, and be a resident of the United States for at least 14 years.

HB 2177 would have required the candidates' national political party to provide documents validating that information, preferably with a long-form birth certificate. That generally means a detailed birth certificate with extensive birth-related information, such as date and time of birth, the doctor's signature, the hospital and parents' names and birthplaces of the parents.
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