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[Before George W. Bush could name Richard Cheney as his running mate], a bit of hugger-mugger had to be carried out. Cheney, a long-time resident of Texas, had to sneak over to Wyoming, where he once carpet-bagged as a congressman, to change his voter registration to dodge Constitutional strictures against two candidates from the same state sharing a ticket. (St. Petersburg Times [Russia], “Read It and Veep,” 8/1/2000.)