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IIRC my ballots always just showed the Presidential Candidate's name and political party, nothing about the candidate's Vice Presidential nominee. I don't know
by MerelyMortal 4y ago
IIRC my ballots always just showed the Presidential Candidate's name and political party, nothing about the candidate's Vice Presidential nominee. I don't know the rules or law when it comes to the VP nomination, but could it be changed last minute?
Additionally, if something happened to the VP nominee between election and taking office, wouldn't the President-Elect choose a new VP without going through an election?
- thr0wawayf00 4y ago> but could it be changed last minute? Ballots are locked for a certain period of days before an election. The presidential candidate chooses their running mate and are voted on together. Until the early 1800's, the winning presidential candidate became president and the runner-up became VP. This didn't work out very well because the VP sometimes came from the opposing party. If a sitting VP leaves office prematurely, then Congress votes on the replacement. I assume that would also be the case in a VP-elect situation.
- paulcole 4y agoUnless this varies from state to state, you don’t remember correctly. Every ballot I’ve seen lists both the Presidential candidate and Vice-Presidential candidate. I think the idea is that you’re voting for a party’s ticket, not the person running for President.