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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