PHOENIX--Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed a bill that required President would have Obama and other presidential candidates to prove their American citizenship before their names may appear on the ballot of the State.

The Bill would have made Arizona the first State to give such a requirement. Opponents had warned that the Bill would give another black eye Arizona after last year's controversy over the State of illegal immigration enforcement law.

Brewer said in her letter that they veto was concerned that the Bill empowered Arizona's Minister of Foreign Affairs to the qualifications of all candidates to assess when they file to run for office.

"I do not support the designation of one person as the gatekeeper to the vote for a candidate, which in a way resulting in arbitrary or politically motivated acts can lead," said Brewer, who was Secretary of State until they became Governor in 2009.

"Moreover, I never thought is presented with a bill that would allow candidates for the Presidency of the largest and most powerful nation on Earth require to submit their ' early baptismal certificates ' circumcision among other records to the Arizona secretary of state" she said. "This is a bridge too far."

The certificates were among the documents that a candidate could have filed under the invoice instead of a birth certificate.

So-called "birthers" claim there is no evidence that Obama was born in the United States, and he is therefore ineligible to become part of the President. But Hawaii officials are certified that Obama was born in that State.

The u.s. Constitution requires that presidential candidates "natural born" American citizens, be at least 35 years old, and a resident of the United States are at least 14 years. Opponents questioned whether Arizona's bill would have added additional requirements.

The measure would require that political parties and presidential candidates hand in affidavits stating the citizenship and age of a candidate. It would also have required of the applicant's birth certificate and a sworn statement saying where the applicant has lived for 14 years.

If candidates do not have a copy of their birth certificates, they can meet the requirement by providing baptism or circumcision hospital birth certificates, records and other documents.

If it could not be determined whether candidates who documents in place of their birth certificates that are eligible to appear on the ballot were, the Minister of Foreign Affairs been able to set up a Committee to determine whether the requirements were met. The names of the candidates are kept off the vote as the Minister of Foreign Affairs did not believe that the candidates the citizenship requirement.

The Bill a does not explicitly a review procedure before a candidate whose name from the vote was held.

Sponsor of the draft law, Republican Rep. Carl Seel of Phoenix, declined immediate comment on Monday, the right of veto. But he said earlier that the President's birth record would not meet the requirements of his proposal and that Obama should provide other records, such as baptism certificates and hospital records.

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