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Ariz. electors revive birther questions

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Skepticism about President Obama's birthplace been categorically debunked time and time again, but a handful of Arizona Republicans continued to beat the birther drum yesterday, when officially casting their ballots for president in the Electoral College. Of Arizona's 11 Republican Electoral College members, three - including state GOP chair Tom Morrissey - tried to revive debates yesterday about whether or not Mr. Obama is an American citizen, according to Arizona's KNAU public radio. Republican Mitt Romney won the state's popular vote in the November election, so the Republicans were not casting their votes for Mr. Obama anyway. "I am signing this document with concern about the legitimacy of the birth certificate that I have seen presented by Barack Hussein Obama,'' Morrissey said. "I'm not satisfied with what I've seen...

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Electoral College members out of Arizona voted yesterday for Mitt Romney - but not before expressing skepticism about Obama's provenance

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