[Pilsner]

Frankly, the left had a far better argument in 2000. Dick Cheney had been living in Texas for years, when Bush nominated him to be Vice President. Cheney quickly registered to vote back in Wyoming, and declared himself to be a citizen of that state, because the Constitution says that a state's electors can cast their votes for either President, or Vice President, but not both, for a citizen of their state. Had Cheney not skipped back from Dallas to Wyoming, Texas could not have voted Bush/Cheney in the Electoral College.

I'm sure Cheney complied with the law. But..., it was a paper fix to a real problem. Both he and Bush had lived in Texas for years.

[dangus]

Not merely a paper fix... it was in keeping with the letter and the spirit of the law, albeit by disjointed means. Cheney had represented, grown up in, and maintained a residence in Wyoming. He could “fix” the situation by registering to vote in Wyoming, because his registration was what said he lived in Texas as opposed to Wyoming. Since he was legal to vote in, and even represent, Wyoming, there’s no way the fact that he also lived in Texas violated the notion that both President and Vice President couldn’t represent the same state. And that was what the law was about... representing two separate states.