Articles by Jim Jonas

NANR Executive Director Jim Jonas interviews honorary NANR Co-Chair Katherine Gehl, former CEO of Gehl Foods and co-author of the groundbreaking Harvard Business School report, "Why Competition in the Politics Industry is Failing America." Gehl and Jonas discuss her upcoming book, "The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Republic" (available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other places books are sold), along with the nonpartisan poli...

NANR Executive Director Jim Jonas interviewed two guests in October. The first was Debilyn Molineaux, co-founder and executive director of the Bridge Alliance Education Fund. Bridge Alliance is a diverse coalition of more than 90 respected, established organizations committed to revitalizing democratic practice in America. Jim and Debilyn discuss the growing coalitions forming to create a healthier democratic ecosystem by reforming elections, boosting civic engagement, and creating better civil ...

National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers Executive Director Jim Jonas and his October guests talk about the collaborative efforts underway to create a healthier democratic process and the consequences for shutting out independents....

NANR's Executive Director interviews two guests this month. First up, John Opdycke, President of Open Primaries, activist and strategist with more than 25 years of experience working in independent, alternative and reform politics. John discusses how the election reform movement is growing and some of its challenges, "politics as usual," and the ongoing efforts of Open Primaries in Florida, Pennsylvania, Arizona and more. Second, Mac D'Alessandro, State Director of Voter Choice Massachusetts, f...

The system is rigged against voters at every institutional level, but the reform movement is building momentum going into 2020 and beyond....

The first episode of "UnRig It," the new podcast of the National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers, features two topics: first, on data for nonpartisan reform groups. We welcome Paul Westcott from L2 political to provide an update on data and modeling, as well as how NANR’s relationship with L2 can help level the playing field with the NANR Advantage Data Platform. Second, we discuss the important legal actions happening across the country to demand increased competition and choice for all v...

Calling all nonpartisan reform campaigns, projects, and organizations. Do you have a great idea, a new campaign, or an ongoing nonpartisan electoral reform project that deserves attention, endorsement, and funding? The National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers (NANR) is sponsoring a "Breakthrough Reform Projects" initiative to seek out, support, fund, and nurture electoral reform projects that can catalyze similar reforms across the country and channel smart funding dollars to smartly grow ...

The impressive momentum for progress in national electoral reform projects and campaigns owes much to the influential recent wins and viable initiatives underway across the country, including: * Maine voters upholding Ranked Choice Voting that elevates voters above parties * Gerrymander reform initiatives on the ballot in several states this November * Viable independent candidates running for offices up and down the ballot So how does our growing electoral reform movement build a cohesive,...

To focus the combined strengths, skills, and experience of some of the nation’s leading election reform organizations toward increasing voter participation and electoral competition, a prominent group of nonpartisan political reform leaders have formed the National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers. Founding members include representatives from the Bridge Alliance, Independent Voter Project, the Chamberlain Project, FairVote Action, Open Primaries, the Centrist Project, California Forward, a...