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“BEYOND THE MINISTERIAL SCOPE OF THE BOARD”

by Sharon Rondeau

(Feb. 23, 2016) — Seven presidential eligibility ballot challenges filed with the New York State Board of Elections (NYSBOE) were rejected on Tuesday as being “beyond the Ministerial Scope of the Board” and “invalid.”

Collectively, the ballot objections named Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio as well as former Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as ineligible to seek the presidency for lack of being “natural born Citizens,” as is required by Article II, Section 1, clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution.

Three of the seven challenges were deemed invalid for having been received after the deadline for the filing of objections in advance of the New York state primaries on April 19.

Three other challenges were filed by a reader of The Post & Email, Robert Laity, of Tonawanda, NY, each challenging the constitutional eligibility of Cruz, Jindal and Rubio, respectively.  Although filed timely, the Board stated that the objections were filed in the wrong venue, “as no direct election for president occurs via election day ballots.”

Jindal suspended his presidential campaign in November, while Cruz and Rubio are vying for second place to Donald Trump in recent and ongoing caucuses and primaries.

The results can be viewed here:  Pres Del 2016 Prima Facie Report

The NYSBOE website incorrectly states one of the criteria for the president as “born a citizen” rather than “natural born Citizen.”

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Donna
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 3:46 PM

We can’t win on this issue. No so called “judge” will even hear an argument that will prevent another usurpation of our presidency. If they won’t uphold the constitutional laws of our country why should we be ” law ” abiding” citizens? We need a real TEA PARTY!

Jeanne
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 2:45 PM

How do we nullify these past 7 years of usurpation by Obama who clearly is not nor never was a natural born citizen under any standard? This is why Donald Trump is taking the nation by storm…today’s politicians are despicable deceptive, hiding behind their veil of political correctness to avoid responsibility.