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#InstantRunoffs with #RankedChoiceVoting are gaining traction across the political spectrum! Great quotes here from Institute for Political Innovation’s Katherine Gehl-Final Five Voting and R Street Institute’s Matt Germer: azmirror.com/2023/12/18/how…

"No one should win an election until November voters have had their say." Hear from IPI founder Katherine Gehl-Final Five Voting in Crain's Chicago Business on why election reform is so desperately needed and why we think #FinalFiveVoting is the answer. chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-v…

Fabulous testimony by Katherine Gehl-Final Five Voting and Austin Ramirez this morning in front of the Assembly Committee on Campaigns & Elections in support of final five voting. Let's do this Wisconsin! #finalfivevoting Veterans for All Voters wiseye.org/?p=29280

The two political parties represent an increasingly shrinking percentage of the American populace (27% each, according to Axios). And yet, they've rigged the system to protect their duopoly, effectively keeping competition out and holding the American republic hostage as a

I have soft launched the site, UnderstandingCongress.org. The site aims to explain the what, why, and how of Congress, and includes both curated and original content. Please have a look, and send me suggestions/pitches for content.

I talked with Katherine Gehl-Final Five Voting about her and Michael E. Porter's book, *The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy.* jimruttshow.com/katherine-gehl/ We discussed my past familiarity with Michael Porter’s work, Porter’s five forces,

"In any industry other than politics, if there were only two competitors and 90% of the customers were dissatisfied and the industry was thriving, then a new entrant would come in to give the customers what they wanted... But that never happens in politics. Well, why?"

***Longer post, feel free to skip*** Bring Back Low-Stakes Activities for Kids We took a wrong turn in the last ~20 years as a society by transforming too many of our organized extracurriculars for kids into high-commitment and high-cost activities. Low stakes, high mountain

I referenced this in my ⁦Lex Fridman podcast. A brilliant and thought inspiring analysis of what is wrong with our political system: Why Competition in the Politics Industry is Failing America - U.S. Competitiveness - Harvard Business School hbs.edu/competitivenes…

Every time I interviewed someone for this piece, I asked who they thought ringwiss is. I heard: Former parliamentarian. Former longtime Hill aide. Someone in their 70s. A UK Parliament staffer. No one had the correct answer: a 20-year-old in England. politico.com/news/magazine/…

Need to second this reco by Michael Thorning! If you want to understand Congress and their rules/procedures, see Kevin R Kosar and James Wallner

A powerful message from Lisa Rice #MaskUp (she/her)!

Nobody has their slides ready a week before! 🫠

Barbara is all of us

Everyone thinks that success is down to: Hard work. Luck. Intelligence. They're wrong. After building 2 startups in Silicon Valley, I've seen one rare trait all successful founders have. Here's what it is (and how you can build this rare trait too):

90% of the soldiers on the first boats to hit the beach didn't live to see the end of the day. Look at those faces. Some of them never made it to 18. They paid the ultimate price for your freedom. You live your life the way you do because of them.

For freedom. Eternal gratitude to our Allies.

Went to the NY Premier of the new film “Majority Rules”, an extraordinary documentary showing the success of open primaries and ranked choice voting in Alaska, Maine and other states. Final Five Voting NYC and its leader Sal Albanese is working to bring much needed reforms to NYC

Think Like a Farmer:

Headed to ND v Indiana playoff game with my college roommate--wearing her National Championship Ring from 1988 (the last time we won). Go Irish!