<P> Marco Rubio and Bobby Jindal both announced in 2015 that they were running for the Republican Party's nomination for president in the 2016 election . Taitz and Apuzzo each have claimed neither Rubio nor Jindal is eligible because both were born (albeit in the United States) to parents who were not U.S. citizens at the time of their respective births . </P> <P> The question of Jindal's eligibility became moot when he suspended his presidential campaign in November 2015 . Nonetheless, a lawsuit filed in December 2015 in Vermont and a ballot challenge filed in February 2016 in New York challenged Jindal's eligibility . </P> <P> A November 2015 ballot challenge in New Hampshire alleging that Rubio was not a natural - born citizen was unsuccessful . In December, a similar lawsuit was filed in Vermont, and an unsuccessful lawsuit was filed in Florida . In January 2016, a similar unsuccessful ballot challenge was filed in Illinois . In February, a similar unsuccessful lawsuit was filed in Arkansas; a similar ballot challenge was filed in New York; and an unsuccessful ballot challenge was filed in Indiana . </P> <P> The question of Rubio's eligibility became moot when he suspended his presidential campaign in March 2016 . </P>

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