The Path to a Trump-Harris Administration?
It’s improbable but possible because of the Framers’ distrust of a single state hoarding power.
The indictment of President Trump and the subsequent surge in his polling numbers underscore both the former president’s legal peril and political durability. It also sets the stage for a possible constitutional conundrum: Two men from the same state could share a ticket, but with a hitch.
The hitch is that electors in Florida — part of the Electoral College — are forbidden by the Constitution from voting for two candidates from the same state. So if voters in Florida had to choose between Messrs. Trump and DeSantis, they could vote against Mr. DeSantis for vice president.
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