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To: OneVike

The Constitution says that the Presidential electors cannot vote for two people from their own state. That’s why Dick Cheney changed his registration to Wyoming after he became GWB’s running mate. Trump could deal with it by making one of his other residences his official residence.


29 posted on 01/18/2024 8:53:07 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

No it does not.

That would have been stupid, since the early Fathers who became presidents were from a few states. No where in the constitution does it say that.

Get educated and read it. It has been precedence, and that is all. At no time has the US Supreme Court ever visited it because no one challenged it.

You read the constitution, and you will not find any constitutional law that forbids it, nor any court ruling from SCOTUS ruling on it. PERIOD.


32 posted on 01/18/2024 7:34:02 PM PST by OneVike ( Just another Christian waiting to go homeu)
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To: Verginius Rufus

They cannot vote for two people running for president in the same state,

Remember, the early VPs, were the ones who came in second place.

It was not until the creation of Political parties that a challenger chose a VP to run with them. Until then it was not so.

That is why early Presidents had BVP who did not agree with them, they were challengers.

Remember, there was no such thing as primaries, just the Presidential race.

Thus the statute you refer to is you cannot vote for two presidential nominees from the same state,

yet if you look into Court rulings, even that statute has changed since we went to a party system with nominees picking their own VP


33 posted on 01/18/2024 7:38:36 PM PST by OneVike ( Just another Christian waiting to go homeu)
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