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ProfessorYes, they could be from the same state.
However, the 12th Amendment does say that electors may not vote for a President from their state and a Vice President also from their state.
Therefore if running mates from the same state carried their home state, there could be a problem. The electors would probably vote for their presidential candidate and vote for some unknown for vice-president. This could cause the vice-presidential candidate to fail to get a majority.
Bush and Cheney side-stepped the problem by getting Cheney to establish residency in Wyoming.
(See the discussion for why such a combination is politically unlikely. )
Yes. It happens often. Such as during the Inauguration or State of the Union address. At least one of the persons in the "Line of Succession" must be at a safe place when all others are present. This is a list of the current presidential line of succession[1], as specified by the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 (3 U.S.C. § 19) and subsequent amendments to include newly created cabinet officers. # Office Current Officer 1 Vice President and President of the Senate Joe Biden 2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi 3 President pro tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd 4 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton 5 Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner 6 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates 7 Attorney General Eric Holder 8 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar 9 Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Secretary of Commerce To Be Nominated[2] 10 Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Secretary of Health and Human Services Vacant[3] 11 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan 12 Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood 13 Secretary of Energy Steven Chu 14 Secretary of Education Arne Duncan 15 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki 16 Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano
Yes the President and the Vice President of the United States can be in the same room.
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Who votes for state leaders?
citizans
Who is elected at the same time and for same time period as the president?
The president,vice-president , all 435 representatives to the House and one-third of the senators are all elected on the same day. Some states also elect their governor and other state officials on that day.
What amendment prevents the president and vice president form being inhabitants of the same state?
AMENDMENT 12 "PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, ONE OF WHOM, AT LEAST, SHALL NOT BE AN INHABITANT OF THE SAME STATE WITH THEMSELVES"
The president of the US is directly elected by?
The electors are chosen by popular vote in every State and on the same day everywhere.
Has any secretary of state become president due to the loss of both the president and vice president?
No. It is quite unlikely that this would ever happen. When the Vice President becomes President, a new Vice President is selected and becomes next in line. Only if the new President were to die before a new Vice President was selected would the Speaker of the House become President. Then a new Vice President and a new Speaker would be selected and they would both be ahead of the President Pro Tempore in the order of ascendence. The Secretary of State would become President only if the President, Vice President, Speaker, and President Pro Tempore all died at essentially the same time.
