Since 1824, no candidate has mounted a serious independent campaign for the vice presidency. One tech executive hopes to change that.
Reid J. EpsteinPROVO, Utah—A bus stop on the campus of Brigham Young University is where David Blake began his quest to bring back the days of independently electing the next U.S. vice president, namely him.
“Do you have 30 seconds to talk about the vice presidency?” Mr. Blake, 35 years old, asked a series of passersby on their way home one night last month. Those who stopped got the elevator pitch for the former San Francisco tech executive’s “movement to reclaim our democratic right to elect the vice president of the United States.”
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