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To: Verginius Rufus
The original text of the Constitution in Article II already specified that the Presidential electors could not vote for two persons who were both inhabitants of their state.

Trump is from Florida, and JD Vance is form Ohio, so that has no bearing whatsoever.

89 posted on 03/30/2025 6:43:06 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong
Yes, I know that Trump and Vance are from different states.

The reason for my post is that some readers might have misunderstood your post to mean that the prohibition of the electors voting for two persons from their own state was something new with the 12th amendment and I just wanted to clarify that point.

90 posted on 03/30/2025 3:39:39 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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