question if barack obama's certificate of live birth doesn't certify that he was born on us soil than does that mean since i only have a certificate of live birth from maine that i too am not an american does this mean every state that issues certificates of live birth does not in fact certify those receiving the certificate as genuine americans should we also require every person to show their birth certificate before voting and if it's only a certificate of live birth refuse them the ability to vote in the us should we refuse those with only certificates of live birth social security medicare medicaid federal college loans driver's licenses et al what say you