Kamala Harris and Mark Kelly ticket?

[SFCumdog]

16 hours ago, hntnhole said:

But in addition, no one knows what he actually believes - if anything.  He's taken more positions on issues than anyone else I can think of, which makes whatever cums out of his mouth completely unreliable. I'm surprised any of the major media bothers to interview him anymore.  

 

Cripes, he's had more positions than the Kama Sutra

Edited August 1 by SFCumdog

[NWUSHorny]

15 hours ago, Sfmike64 said:

That's not legal. There have to be candidates for both offices.

Technically, but if Vance "withdraws" after the ballot deadlines, his name will remain on the ballot allowing either the electoral college or congress to approve the replacement that the president designates.

[hntnhole]

On 7/31/2024 at 1:11 PM, NWUSHorny said:

He is literally better off running without a named VP

Interesting viewpoint.  I'm definitely not gonna play chess - political or otherwise - with ya !!! 

You'd wipe the board with me ... 🫡

To the other thing; is is possible for a candidate for President to run without a Veep candidate?  

So, I looked it up:  Quora says ...

"Let's split this up.

Yes, someone can declare themselves a candidate for President of the USA without picking a partner for Vice President.

No, no major party would support a candidate which didn't allow them to pick a running mate. So the odds of getting elected would be bad. Just another of the many write in candidates who get no mention in the news or history books.

2nd no, the Vice President is elected separately on the same election as the President. So if the impossible happened and a no-party candidate got elected president without a Vice president partner, the electoral college would still pick the Vice President.

Again, because no party would choose such a foolish option, the process of assigning electors separately for president and vice president would br complicated. Our normal ballots don't have an option to vote for Vice president separately from the president, yet this situation would allow it, and states might require it.

So if the electoral college has the votes to pick a winner for Vice President, then that person will be Vice president.

If they do not, then the Senate would do the job, electing the Vice president from among the candidates with the most electoral votes.

Either of these has a great chance to get a Vice president of a different party from the President. That's how the original electoral system worked, and it worked so badly that the constitution was amended to link the two offices into one joint election.

There is one exception, which has never happened yet. If the Vice presidential candidate running mate were to die between election day and the election certification, the electoral college system would be challenging.

They would have votes to cast for a deceased candidate, which would be cast for someone else. The new president-elect may make recommendations, but the constitution doesn't have any provisions to support that as a mandate. The party leadership would probably try to pick out whoever they want, and it could get complicated - or even fail and put it back to the Senate to elect.

Once the newly elected president is in office, then they may nominate replacement for a vacancy for Vice President. But they can't prevent congress from electing a Vice President without their consent before taking office."

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