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To: reed13k

So one of each states electors must come from another state.... I hadn’t realized that before.

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I took that to mean that the VP and President can’t both come from the same state as the electors. But I have no clue.


1,216 posted on 12/11/2020 6:44:13 PM PST by little jeremiah (Thirst for truth is the most valuable possession and no one can take it away from you.)
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To: little jeremiah
Correct, the President and Vice-Pres must be from different states per the 12th amendment.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxii

The idea being that if both Pres & VP were from the same state then the electors from that same state could/would be biased.

The inhabitant clause of the Twelfth Amendment also suggests strongly that the president and vice president should not be from the same state. Although the provision does not directly disqualify a vice president who is from the same state as the president, the provision disqualifies the electors from that state from voting for both offices.

https://www.annenbergclassroom.org/12th-amendment/

1,934 posted on 12/12/2020 1:13:59 PM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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