Not sure if they’d do that ticket...since they’re both from FL...usually they go for a pair from different states...
“Not sure if they’d do that ticket...since they’re both from FL...usually they go for a pair from different states...”
This practice is based on the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution which, in relevant part, states:
“The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves[.]”
Thus, a Presidential candidate and a VP candidate cannot both be from a state that casts its Electoral votes for both of them, which, in effect, makes that one state unable to cast its Electoral votes for one of them if they are both inhabitants of that state on the day it casts its Electoral votes. Hence, if both Trump and Desantis were FL residents on the date FL cast its Electoral votes, FL would be disabled from voting for both. However, if Desantis moved out of FL before that date, the disqualification would be voided and FL could cast its votes for both of them.
This is my interpretation only and I invite any reader to disagree with me if he or she can cite a contrary provision of the Constitution, a Federal statute, or applicable case law.