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Judge Dismisses Suit to Keep Obama Off VT Ballot

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MONTPELIER, Vt. -

A judge has refused a Vermont man's request to strike Barack Obama's name from the state's election ballots, saying he's not a natural born citizen.
 
The lawsuit was filed by H. Brooke Paige, who said Obama is "not a natural born citizen" because both of his parents were not born in the United States.
 
Obama was born in Hawaii and is a United States citizen.
 
Judge Robert Bent ruled Friday that the court has been presented with an insufficient basis on which to issue a temporary or even a preliminary injunction.
 
The Burlington Free Press reports that the judge also said there was little evidence to support Paige's claim about Obama not being a "natural born citizen," noting that judges in some other states have rejected the issue.

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