# What's the mechanism for keeping Trump off 2028 ballots?

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**Created:** [January 13, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-mechanism-for-keeping-trump-off-2028-ballots/1012931 "2025-01-13T21:13:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-mechanism-for-keeping-trump-off-2028-ballots/1012931/33 "2025-01-15T23:49:47Z")

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> [@RickJay](#):
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> > [@That\_Don\_Guy](#):
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> > I see that someone else has joined me on the “the 23rd Amendment just says he can’t be _elected_ President; nothing about not being elected Vice-President and then becoming President that way” bandwagon.
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> Well, the 23rd Amendment is about giving DC residents a vote.
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> The 12th Amendment to the Constitution does, in fact, say he cannot be Vice President.

My bad - it’s the 22nd Amendment.

And if you read my other takes on this (for example, [this one from 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-obama-a-fanciful-scenario-but-the-only-one-that-would-worry-me-at-this-point/599407/66)), no, the 12th Amendment does not say that he cannot be Vice President - well, at least not because he would have already served two terms as President. If you think otherwise, then show me where - but if you say “the 22nd Amendment makes him ineligible,” read the fifth word of that Amendment carefully.

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