Suppose Harris then replaces him with Clinton or whoever. What would happen to the votes already cast for Harris / walt? Would they automatically go to Harris / Clinton? Or would those ballots be considered essentially wasted? Maybe it's different state by state. Does anyone know?
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You're not voting for President and Vice President, you're voting for a slate of Electors chosen by the different presidential campaigns. Once that slate is chosen via the election, they almost always vote for the President and Vice President with their electoral votes, and some states require them to vote that way by law (see faithless Electors). But they are technically free to vote for whomever they want.
In a scenario where a Vice Presidential candidate drops out, and the campaign supports that dropout, they will likely issue new instructions for whom their slates of Electors should vote.