NH lawmakers question Obama ballot status

A small group of New Hampshire lawmakers and others want the attorney general to investigate whether President Barack Obama deserves to be on the presidential primary ballot.

State Rep. Laurence Rappaport, a Colebook Republican, said they asked the attorney general Tuesday to investigate, but have gotten no response. Rappaport said the issue is whether Obama is a natural-born citizen whose parents both were American citizens.

The White House released the president's detailed Hawaii birth certificate saying his father was born in Kenya and his mother was born in Kansas.

The U.S. Constitution requires that a presidential candidate be a natural-born U.S. citizen or born abroad to parents who are both U.S. citizens; at least 35 years old; and a resident of the United States for at least 14 years.

The state Ballot Law Commission rejected an effort to take Obama's name off the ballot because of questions about his citizenship.

Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley said it's another example of how "crazy town" has taken over the Statehouse.