See... I just don't know about the seal. My kids have AZ BCs and there is no seal at all and they are certified and were accepted by the military for DEERS enrollment and overseas PCS with no issue because they use a special paper to print official BCs on. I can't speak with certainty for HI on that... AZ Notaries don't used a seal at all anymore, just a stamp and that would be in on the back. I can't remember how they notarize in HI. I know that here in GA that they do seal however.

As far as Obama being listed as black instead of "negro" it simply could be that since negro isn't used any more and this is a newly generated certificate, it defaulted.

I'm not defending and am no Obama fan.... I just don't know about this. HI is like another planet and things aren't logically or easily there... it could be they just put whatever they felt at the time. It's totally possible since it was before computer interfaces.....