Correct but it also means that the 30 Florida votes can't be counted for them in the electoral college. Election 2024 is too important to pick Trump and another Floridian and hope that they can still make up the automatic loss of Florida electors in the Electoral Vote Count.
Correct but it also means that the 30 Florida votes can’t be counted for them in the electoral college. Election 2024 is too important to pick Trump and another Floridian and hope that they can still make up the automatic loss of Florida electors in the Electoral Vote Count.
I am no constitutional expert, but this is how I understand the above question regarding both candidates for President and Vice President.
The electors of a state vote for a President and Vice President on separate ballots. They may not vote for a person from their home state for both offices. Therefore, if Trump picked a VP candidate from Florida and won Florida ( please God!) they they could vote for Trump for President and anyone else for VP, or abstain for voting for a candidate for VP. (Florida law requires electors to vote for the winner of the popular vote - however, see below). If then, no candidate for VP received the required 270 electoral voted, the Senate then picks the winner for VP. This would only be an issue in an extremely close election like Bush-Gore in 2000 (had Cheney not established a Wyoming driver’s license and residence and listing his Dallas home for sale prior to the election.) So it is likely that in practicality, it does not matter if the President and Vice-President are from the same state.
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Over the years, however, despite legal oversight, a number of electors have violated their state’s law binding them to their pledged vote. However, these violators often only face being charged with a misdemeanor or a small fine, usually $1,000. Many constitutional scholars agree that electors remain free agents despite state laws and that, if challenged, such laws would be ruled unconstitutional. Therefore, electors can decline to cast their vote for a specific candidate (the one that wins the popular vote of their state), either voting for an alternative candidate, or abstaining completely. In fact, in the 2000 election, Barbara Lett-Simmons, an elector for the District of Columbia, cast a blank ballot for president and vice president in protest of the District’s unfair voting rights. Indeed, when it comes down to it, electors are ultimately free to vote for whom they personally prefer, despite the general public’s desire.