The Choosing Of The Vice-Presidential Electors:

The Choosing Of The Vice-Presidential Electors:

According to the U.S. Constitution, the state legislatures have the authority to pass laws that govern how Vice-Presidential electors are to be chosen. However there is no way the federal government would allow the state legislatures to pass laws that would give it the authority to directly choose Vice-Presidential electors. Since the results of the American Civil War gave sovereignty to the federal government, the federal government has and will always allow the choosing of the electors by the electorate only.

At the same time, the federal government does not either explicitly or even implicitly mandate direct popular vote for Vice-Presidential electors by the electorate. They can and should allow indirect popular vote for the choosing of electors.

A candidate for Vice-Presidential elector should be required to have a permanent home address in a federal congressional district in which they are contesting. That candidate, as should be the case for all candidates for office, should not be a participant in any branch of government. They also should have to meet all Constitutional requirements (state and federal).

That Vice-Presidential elector candidate cannot have direct connection with any Vice-Presidential or even Presidential candidate either through direct family relations or financially or in an official political context. The Vice-Presidential elector candidate who receives the highest number of popular and publicly casted votes in a precinct wins that precinct. The Vice-Presidential elector candidate who wins the highest number of precincts in that federal congressional district becomes the elector for that federal congressional district.

If there is a tie, then the tying candidates for Vice-Presidential electors who each won the highest number of precincts are then subject to the direct popular vote results. Out of that pool, the candidate for Vice-Presidential elector who won the highest number of popular votes in that federal congressional district becomes the Vice-Presidential elector for that federal congressional district.

Each State should be mandated to have Vice-Presidential electors for each federal congressional district and in addition two extra At-Large Vice-Presidential electors. The two extra At-Large Vice-Presidential electors have to be chosen via popular vote by the electorate in the entire state. The eligible At-Large candidates for Vice-Presidential electors are required to submit their bid for candidacy with the regulatory board governing elections. The candidates for these two positions who receive the highest and 2nd highest number of popular votes in the entire state become the two At-Large Vice-Presidential electors.

Cliff Notes Version: No way the federal government would allow the state legislatures the authority to directly choose Vice-Presidential electors. They will only allow electors to be chosen by the electorate only.

A candidate for Vice-Presidential elector has to have a home address in their federal congressional district. The candidate who has highest number of popular votes in a precinct wins that precinct. The candidate who wins highest number of precincts becomes the elector for that federal congressional district.

If there is a tie, direct popular vote results in that federal congressional district applies. The two extra At-Large Vice-Presidential electors have to be chosen by the state's electorate.