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Constitutional Residence

"According to the Constitution, electors must vote for at least one candidate from a state other than their own. This is why political parties usually select presidential and vice presidential candidates from different states. If candidates on one ticket were from the same state, that state's electors could not vote for the ticket.

Just before he was nominated as the Republican candidate for vice president in 2000, Dick Cheney owned a home in Texas. Before the election he changed his legal residence to Wyoming, his birth state, which he had represented in Congress. Some Texas voters questioned the move and filed suit over the legitimacy of giving Texas' electoral votes to Bush, who had been Texas governor, and Cheney. Cheney's residence in Wyoming was ruled satisfactory in court."

Emily Fredrix, Associated Press Writer, October 26, 2004

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	Constitutional Residence "According to the Constitution, electors must vote for at least one candidate from a state other than their own. This is why political parties usually select presidential and vice presidential candidates from different states. If candidates on one ticket were from the same state, that state's electors could not vote for the ticket. Just before he was nominated as the Republican candidate for vice president in 2000, Dick Cheney owned a home in Texas. Before the election he changed his legal residence to Wyoming, his birth state, which he had represented in Congress. Some Texas voters questioned the move and filed suit over the legitimacy of giving Texas' electoral votes to Bush, who had been Texas governor, and Cheney. Cheney's residence in Wyoming was ruled satisfactory in court." Emily Fredrix, Associated Press Writer, October 26, 2004 State Size Special Interests Power of State Legislatures Unlucky Luck Ignoring Your Vote More Options Vague Values Electoral Replacements Electoral Tie Favorite Son Effect A Few States Wins Electoral College Table of Contents	July 19th 2004 Usurping the Voters Washington Post June 22nd 2004 Presidential Elections Should Be for All of Us OP-EDNEWS.com FairVote's Rob Richie and Steven Hill argue that there need to be electoral reforms, specifically with the electoral college and runoffs, in order for voter preference to be heard. April 22nd 2004 Green Party hopeful aims to take White House Deseret Morning News (UT) Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb supports IRV. January 1st 2004 Claiming Democracy: A State Network to Support the Right to Vote National Civic Review November 18th 2002 True representation in a democracy The Oregonian Author suggests a form of proportional representation that is worthy of debate, if not support. [ Previous ] [ Next ]