TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Attorneys arguing on
behalf of Barack Obama’s re-election plans today urged a Florida judge
to decide that Obama is not yet the Democratic nominee for president and
ignore evidence challenging his eligibility.
The arguments were raised by attorney Mark
Herron on behalf of Obama in a hearing before Judge Terry Lewis in
Florida, who is best known for presiding over the 2000 Bush v. Gore
election dispute.
Lewis is credited with making crucial
rulings in the contested 2000 presidential election when ultimately a
Florida recount was halted by the U.S. Supreme Court, and George W. Bush
was declared the winner.
Attorney Larry Klayman filed the challenge
to Obama’s eligibility for the ballot on behalf of Michael Voeltz, who
identifies himself in the complaint as “a registered member of the
Democratic Party, voter, and taxpayer in Broward County.”
Attorneys representing Obama at the
hearing, which was livestreamed by WND, argued that the Florida
presidential preference primary, which listed Obama as the only Democrat
nominee, didn’t make him the party’s nominee for president.
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