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To: goodnesswins

Nice thought, but absolutely unconstitutional. Pres and VP must be citizens of (read: reside in) different states. Remember, the 'Rats tried this shtick on Cheney in '00 -- claimed he was a Texan like Bush. Fortunately, he had little or no difficulty in demonstrating he was a Wyomian (Wyomingite? Anyway, a person from Wyoming...).


42 posted on 05/15/2005 3:26:57 PM PDT by SAJ
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To: SAJ

Which would mean that Lynn Cheney would have no problem proving she was a Texan, but it's not going to happen.


43 posted on 05/15/2005 3:29:16 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: SAJ

Ooops, you're right.....oh, well......how Cheney and Rice? Lynn Cheney and Condi Rice?


56 posted on 05/15/2005 3:48:58 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Our military......the world's HEROES!)
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To: SAJ

It's not un-Constitutional, just unwise. The Constitution says that a Presidential Elector must vote for one Presidential and one Vice-Presidential candidate who is not a citizen of the same State as the elector, or that vote will not be counted. The practical effect is to force Electors to vote for a 'ticket' which has a President and Vice-Presidential candidate from different States.

If an Elector tried voting for a Presidential/Vice-Presidential same-State ticket which was the Elector's State, then most probably they would choose not to vote for the Vice-Presidential candidate so that their Presidential vote would still count. The bottom line is that the Vice-Presidential candidate of a same-State ticket would loose the electoral votes of his home State.



dvwjr


100 posted on 05/15/2005 11:24:18 PM PDT by dvwjr
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