Article II
Section 1
Clause 3
Tell me one ticket in which they were from the same state.
I could be reading it wrong.
No party wants to risk a legal question in a very close electoral vote. So even if they could theoretically be from the same state, no party or candidates are going to risk losing EVs for a VP.
Ok, you’re right. I had read that as a prohibition on electors, which is how it’s written directly, but it effectively makes Prez and VP unable to be from same state.
Oops, I have to take that back. I searched around after careful reading.
The interpretation is that the elector cannot vote for a Prez and VP that are from the same state as the elector. They can vote for at most one - either Prez from their state, or VP. Not both.
Doesn’t preclude candidates though.
Sorry about the multiple replies. Interesting topic.
So if both Trump and DeSantis run, it’d still be a good idea for one of them to leave town because the rule means they would likely lose the electoral vote in FL, since those guys could only vote for one or the other.
If all FL electors vote for Trump as Prez, they have to vote for a non-FL VP, meaning DeSantis loses FL.