New York Pair Asks Court to Throw Cruz Off Primary Ballot

  • Cruz faces similar birther suit in federal court in Texas
  • Donald Trump has made Cruz's eligibility a campaign theme
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Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz should be struck from the ballot because he isn’t a “natural-born citizen,” two New Yorkers claim in a birther challenge filed against the junior senator from Texas.

Cruz, 45, should be disqualified from the New York Republican primary, set for April 19, because he was born in Canada, voters Barry Korman and William Gallo said in a complaint Wednesday in New York state court in Manhattan.