Bush asked former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney to head up a team to help select a running mate for him, but ultimately chose Cheney himself as the vice presidential nominee. While the U.S. Constitution does not specifically disallow a president and a vice president from the same state, it prohibits electors from casting both of their votes for persons from their own state. Accordingly, Cheney—who had been a resident of Texas for nearly 10 years—changed his voting registration back to Wyoming. Had Cheney not done this, either he or Bush would have forfeited his electoral votes from Texas.
Bush asked former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney to head up a team to help select a running mate for him but ultimately chose Cheney himself as the vice presidential nominee While the US Constitution does not specifically disallow a president and a vice president from the same state it prohibits electors from casting both of their votes for persons from their own state Accordingly Cheney—who had been a resident of Texas for nearly 10 years—changed his voting registration back to Wyoming Had Cheney not done this either he or Bush would have forfeited his electoral votes from Texas