“Several
lawsuits were recently filed against President Obama questioning whether
he is an American citizen in an attempt to remove him from the Georgia
primary ballot. Despite the fact that these issues have been
thoroughly litigated, a hearing has been scheduled in these cases for
Thursday, January 26, 2012. The Democratic Party of Georgia is not a
party to any of these lawsuits.
“This
afternoon we received a letter from counsel for the President directed to
the Georgia Secretary of State asking him to intervene in these lawsuits
and bring them to a halt, because it is well established that there is no
issue here – a fact validated time and again by courts in this
country.
“In the
letter, counsel also indicated that they had no interest in continuing to
appear or participate further in the litigation and have suspended their
involvement.
“We respect
the President’s position and urge the Secretary of State to bring this
matter to a conclusion. We also believe that each political party
has the absolute legal right to determine who should appear on their
primary and general election ballots according to their own rules without
interference from outside parties.
“In light of
these developments the Democratic Party of Georgia has no plans to
continue to be involved in these baseless cases. Furthermore the
Democratic Party of Georgia will cooperate with the President and his
campaign in any way requested to make sure that his name appears on the
primary and general election ballots for 2012.”
Mike Berlon - Chair
Georgia Democrats
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