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 Alan 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 States
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.