I can’t believe the birthers making a big stink about the President not presenting his birth certificate and why can’t just show us his birth certificate. It because, even though he is President, he doesn’t have it. It is not his to have. It is his birth certificate, but he is not the keeper of that birth certificates, the Hawaii State Department of Health is. In Hawaii, access to vital records is restricted by statute (HRS §338-18). There is nothing in there state statutes that says, “If the President comes to our office we will let him go into our library and get the actual birth record so he can satify some racist douchingtons.” No, he, like everyone else in Hawaii, has to be a qualified applicant to get a certified copy. Even then he would not get the actual birth certificate, just a certified copy of it.
I am real familiar with birth and death record – I deal with them every day. When ANYONE receives a birth certificate from the vital statistics office in the state they were born in, they never receive the actual birth certificate. The original birth record stays with the keeper of records, generally the Vital Registration department as it is governed by that state’s laws.
Most states have 2 forms of certified copies:
- An Abstract: which is a computer generated form that contains minimal vital information such as Name, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Parents Names, and File Number. (This is generally what is issued because it is faster to generate and provide to the applicant.
- Full Copy: A full facsimile of the original birth record filled out by the hospital at the time of birth and forwarded to the vital registration department after completion.
In most states the certified copies are issued on security paper that contains a variety of security features. These features are suggested by the National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems for cohesiveness between the state. Some states have it in their state rules (Example: Texas has it in Title 25 of the Texas Administrative Code in Chapter 181).
From what I have seen of the President’s birth certificate (see image below), it is appears to be an abstract. According to Hawaii Law this is a certified copy of birth certificate.
HRS §338-13 Certified copies. (a) Subject to the requirements of sections 338-16, 338-17, and 338-18, the department of health shall, upon request, furnish to any applicant a certified copy of any certificate, or the contents of any certificate, or any part thereof.
(b) Copies of the contents of any certificate on file in the department, certified by the department shall be considered for all purposes the same as the original, subject to the requirements of sections 338-16, 338-17, and 338-18.
(c) Copies may be made by photography, dry copy reproduction, typing, computer printout or other process approved by the director of health. [L 1949, c 327, §17; RL 1955, §57-16; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §338-13; am L 1978, c 49, §1]
So this is my challenge to the Birthers: I would like to see any of you produce you original birth certificate. I am not talking about a certified copy. I want you to get the actual birth certificate. The actual piece of paper. Seriously. I would like to see you try. If you do produce a paper saying it is your original birth certificate I would stake my life that it isn’t the real actual birth record.
A Picture of a Certified Copy of The President's Birth Certificate
Victhor The Viking | 
08 3rd, 2009| 
