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In the previous article, Gonzo Jones <gonzojones@NOyahoo.SPAMcom> wrote:
> On the other hand, if Cheney still has a Texas driver's license,
> Texas registraion on his vehicles, and a dresser full of socks and
> underwear in his Texas house, then he is a resident of Texas. And,
> according to the Constitution, then the Texas electors cannot vote
> for him and Bush.

The Constitution takes no notice of where one keeps one's underwear.
I kept my underwear in Maryland for four long years, but my residence
was most assuredly Minnesota.  Of course, that was the special case of
military service, which doesn't apply to Cheney.

Cheney rather ostentatiously moved his primary residence back to
Wyoming (where, BTW, he'd continued to own property, and to which he
always intended to return) months before the election.  Since the
Constitution explicitly recognizes the possibility that one's
residence could change instantaneously, he did far more than was
required.

I really don't know what the big deal is.  Most people reading this
have probably moved once or more in their lives for lots less
important reasons than the possibility of becoming Vice-President of
the United Statese.  And Cheney was and has, for decades, been "from"
Wyoming in every important sense.  He simply happened to be a
Wyomingian (?!) living in Texas due to his work.  There is nothing
nefarious or even particularly interesting about this.
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