> dick cheney had been part of a committee to help bush discuss running mates but the latter to everyone's surprise asked cheney himself if he wanted the job. there was some controversy to this choice as cheney's home state was small and safely republican, so it didn't add anything to the ticket's electoral chances. further, cheney had resided in texas since 1992 and the constitution prohibits electors from selecting a president and vice president from the same state. to get around this, he changed his voter registration to wyoming or otherwise the electors would have only been able to vote for either him or bush, but not both.[3]
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