Where is Nelson's focus?

South Dakota’s chief elections officer, Secretary of State Chris Nelson, is receiving accolades and attention from fringe groups and leading voices in the national “birther” movement for his position questioning the legitimacy of the president of the United States.

Late last week, Nelson told the Rapid City Journal, “If President Obama isn’t constitutionally qualified, it would be the biggest scam ever perpetuated on the American people.”

Yesterday, Nelson granted an “exclusive” interview to the leading advocate of ‘birther’ conspiracy theories, World Net Daily – an out-of-state and outside the mainstream organization that has been discredited from both the left and the right.  In his interview with World Net Daily, Nelson called the “birther” issue “huge” for South Dakota voters, detailing his work as South Dakota’s secretary of state to evaluate the “evidence” about questions raised, and saying that “the appropriate venue for questions to be resolved would be the court system.”

South Dakota Democratic Party Executive Director Erin McCarrick said, “It’s unfortunate that our current Secretary of State thinks that this is a huge issue facing South Dakota when there are so many other immediate needs for our state.  It brings to question his judgment and focus when he still has a job to do at home."

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“Ok, who doesn’t think he was born in Hawaii?” Mount Blogmore, Kevin Woster, May 7, 2010

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