Offices."
TherequirementforapresidentialcandidatetogainaccesstotheMaineballotistobeinaccordancewiththeU.S.Constitution,ArticleII,§l.ThetablereferencesvarioussectionsoftheU.S.ConstitutionasrequirementsforcandidatesforvariousofficesandthereforeitcanbeconcludedthattheStateofMaineholdsU.S.Constitutionallaw,withregardstohowitappliestocandidatesinelections,asbindingforallofficesasreferenced.ArticleII,§1oftheU.S.Constitutionstatesthatonlyanatural-borncitizencanholdtheofficeofPresidentoftheUnitedStates.BarackObamaisnotanatural-borncitizenoftheU.S.asdefinedbytheSupremeCourtoftheUnitedStatesin
MinorvHappersett(88
U.S.1621875),andthereforefailstomeetthisconstitutionalrequirement.Inreferenceto
Farrar-et-al-v-Obama-et-al,
whichshouldbeusedasproformaforthiscomplaint,attorneyTaitzcitesthefollowingcases:Thecaseof
Haynesv.Wells,
538S.E.2d430(ca.2000)establishesthatacandidateseekingtoholdofficethroughanelectioninthestatehastheaffirmativedutytoprovetheireligibility.ThecasenotesthatundertheOfficialCodeofGeorgia,whenfilinganoticeofcandidacy,acandidatemustswearbyaffidavit"[t]hatheorsheisanelectorofthecountyormunicipalityofhisorherresidenceeligibletovoteintheelectioninwhichheorsheisacandidate."Ga.CodeAnn.§21-2-132(e)(4)(1998).Thecourtthereforeheld,
"Thus,thestatutesplacetheaffirmativeobligationonHaynestoestablishhisqualificationforoffice.WellsisnotrequiredtodisproveanythingregardingHaynes'seligibilitytorunforoffice,astheentireburdenisplaceduponHaynestoaffirmativelyestablishhiseligibilityforoffice.Hefailedtomakethatshowing.Hence,hiscandidacyforthefifthdistrictseatwasinvalid."
SeeHaynes,538S.E.2d430,433(Ga.2000).(emphasisadded)'ThisprincipalisexpressedinearlierdecisionsbytheUnitedStatesSupremeCourt.Forexample,inthecaseof
Butev.Illinois,
333U.S.640,653(1948),thecourttherestated:"TheburdenofestablishingadelegationofpowertotheUnitedStates
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isuponthosemakingtheclaim."AndifeachoftheGeneralGovernment'spowersmustbeproven(notsimplypresumed)toexist,theneveryrequirementthattheConstitutionsets
foranyindividual'sexerciseofthosepowersmustalsobeproven(notsimplypresumed)tobefullysatisfiedbeforethatindividualmayexerciseanyofthosepowers."
(emphasisadded)In
O'Brienv.Gross
(2006)OSAH-SECSIATE-CE-0829726-60MALIHI,thiscourtnotedthethresholdstandardthat
"allcandidatesforstateofficemustmeetalltheconstitutionalstatutoryrequirementsforholdingtheofficesoughtbythecandidate."
O'Brien,
atpage11.ThecourtfurthercitedtheHaynesdecisioninsupportofitsfindingthattheDefendantinthatmatterhadnot2