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The "birthers," people who believe that President Obama is not a natural born citizen and therefore not qualified to serve as president, are preparing a march on Washington to voice their beliefs.

Attorney Philip Berg, one of the leaders of the "birther" movement, is organizing the march, which will take place on May 29 at President's Park, located just south of the White House. Berg is requesting that all participants of the march bring a copy of their birth certificate.

According to David Weigel of the Washington Post, the march has yet to gain the attention of other "birther" leaders.

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Hawaii legislators have passed a measure allowing a state agency to ignore repeated requests from a person or organization for President Barack Obama's birth certificate.

The measure approved Tuesday by the state Legislature would carve an exemption in the state's public records law and allow officials to ignore all kinds of duplicative requests, including those for Obama's birth certificate.

Hawaii Health Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino has issued two statements since 2008 saying she had seen vital records proving Obama is a natural-born American citizen.

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The Arizona "birther bill" would require Arizona's secretary of state to review a presidential candidate's birth certificate before that candidate could get on the ballot in the state. It was attached as an amendment to a larger bill modifying the way candidates' names appear on the state ballot. That bill passed by a vote of 31 to 29 and received only the support of Republicans. It now moves to the state Senate before the governor can sign it into law.

The Arizona Republic reported earlier that the legislation originated from a "fringe group that believes President Barack Obama is not a natural-born citizen of the United States and therefore ineligible to be president."

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