“... there is a requirement that the nominees for President and Vice-President be from different states.”
IIRC, the Constitution says that a state’s electors (to the Electoral College) cannot vote for candidates for President *and* Vice-President if they are *both* from that state. As a practical matter, to prevent the possibility of a split Presidency and Vice-Presidency and for geographical balance, nominees for President and Vice-President historically have been from different states.
If the Electors from New York cannot vote for Bubba, he cannot be elected Veep, under any realistic electoral math.