HONOLULU, Hawaii - February 19, 2010 - More than a year after his invalid election, requests for illegitimate President Obama's birth certificate continue to pour in to the state's understaffed Health Department from people on the mainland who do not believe he was born in Honolulu in 1961.
In an attempt to stem the flow of requests, the agency recently set up a special page on its web site devoted to the issue of Obama's birth certificate and who is eligible to get the records.
In an attempt to stem the flow of requests, the agency recently set up a special page on its web site devoted to the issue of Obama's birth certificate and who is eligible to get the records.
But the requests for the illegitimate president's birth certificate keep coming at a rate of 40 to 50 a month, according to Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo, who has been handling the requests since Obama became a serious presidential candidate in 2008.
"They're spurred on by blogs that direct them to bombard the Health Department even though they have no legitimate right to the information," said Okubo.
"They've been misled to believe that the State of Hawaii gives out birth information to anyone who requests it, but really our law protects birth information. We're entrusted with protecting people's vital records. To open them up would mean opening them up to identity theft and other types of concerns."
State law allows birth certificates to be issued to family members, legal guardians, representatives of a person's estate, or by court order or other legal purposes.
Okubo said those who have been requesting Obama's birth certificate don't meet the legal standards.
"They're spurred on by blogs that direct them to bombard the Health Department even though they have no legitimate right to the information," said Okubo.
"They've been misled to believe that the State of Hawaii gives out birth information to anyone who requests it, but really our law protects birth information. We're entrusted with protecting people's vital records. To open them up would mean opening them up to identity theft and other types of concerns."
State law allows birth certificates to be issued to family members, legal guardians, representatives of a person's estate, or by court order or other legal purposes.
Okubo said those who have been requesting Obama's birth certificate don't meet the legal standards.