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Democratic Party of Georgia Chairman Mike Berlon on Hearing to Address President Obama’s Inclusion on the Georgia Presidential Primary Ballot

Originally Published Jan 26, 2012, 7:59am (Updated Jan 26, 2012, 8:35am)

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Georgia –Democratic Party of Georgia Chairman Mike Berlon releases the following statement on tomorrow’s administrative hearing to address President Obama’s inclusion on the Georgia Presidential primary ballot:

“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.”

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James M. Barrs

Jan 27, 2012 5:09pm [ 1 ]

The Democratic Party intends to include President Obama on the ballot, regardless of what the Ga courts or the Ga state Constitution says. That is a little arrogant wouldn't you think. I thought this was a country based on the Constitution. The facts, as mentioned by the President's lawyer, have NEVER been validated in any court in the US. The judges in all previous cases have refused to hear the cases. Nothing has been validated. This is the 1st case that a judge has agreed to hear the evidence. If the President has time from his busy schedule to play golf, go on vacations, & campaign for re-election, he MUST make time to appear in this court & show the whole world that he is legally entitled to hold the office he seeks to be re-elected to. Nothing is more important than our Constitutional mandates being observed & reinforced.