<p>Donovan's understanding accords with mine. If one of your parents was a US Citizen when you were born, then you are a citizen, too, regardless of where you were born. </p><p>Bruce Livingston</p><p><br />-----Original message-----<br />From: Donovan Arnold donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<br />Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:46:01 -0700<br />To: vision2020@moscow.com, Ellen Roskovich gussie443@hotmail.com<br />Subject: Re: [Vision2020] John McCain not Born in US, But Panama<br /><br />> Ellen,<br />> <br />> As I understand the law (,8 USC 1401) a person is a natural born citizen of the United States if they were;<br />> <br />> A) Born on US soil. Any state or territory. <br />> <br />> B) Either one of their parents was a US Citizen at the time of their birth but born on foreign soil. <br />> <br />> A naturalized citizen is one that is not a US citizen at birth. Anyone who became a citizen later on in life is not allowed to be President or
Vice-President. <br />> <br />> Best Regards,<br />> <br />> Donovan<br />> <br />> --- On Fri, 10/31/08, Ellen Roskovich <gussie443@hotmail.com />wrote:<br />> <br />> From: Ellen Roskovich <gussie443@hotmail.com /><br />> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] John McCain not Born in US, But Panama<br />> To: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com, vision2020@moscow.com<br />> Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 2:25 PM<br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> #yiv2119640095 .hmmessage P<br />> {<br />> margin:0px;padding:0px;}<br />> #yiv2119640095 {<br />> FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma;}<br />> <br />> I have read that since he, McCain, was born in a U.S. Naval Hospital in Panama, he is considered a native born citizen. . . and this is where I get a little fuzzy. Is this a new rule? Because my oldest daughter was born in the U.K. at RAF Lakenheath, a U.S. Airforce Hospital and when I registered her birth at the U.S. !
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in London, I asked if she could run for President and I was told "no". Of course I might have had a clerk who didn't know the rules, but surely I wasn't the first person to ask that question.<br />> <br />> Like I said. . . . I'm a little fuzzy about the qualifications of that McCain guy, but last time I checked, Hawaii was a state.<br />> <br />> Ellen A. Roskovich<br />> <br />> P.S. Avoid lines, vote early and then spend Tuesday helping others get out to vote.<br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:06:54 -0700<br />> From: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<br />> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br />> Subject: [Vision2020] John McCain not Born in US, But Panama<br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> John McCain was not born in the US. and using Republican arguments against Obama, McCain is thus not qualified to be President.<b!
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<br />> McCain was born in Panama. <br />> <br />> Best Regards,<br />> <br />> Donovan<br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> You live life beyond your PC. So now Windows goes beyond your PC. See how =======================================================<br />> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br />> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br />> http://www.fsr.net <br />> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br />> =======================================================<br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> </p>