Patrick Marley had this really interesting article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is seeking to blow up how Wisconsin chooses members of Congress by making primaries nonpartisan and establishing ranked-choice voting for general elections.
Backers say the changes would foster bipartisanship because candidates would be inspired to appeal to the broadest slice of the electorate, not just those in their party.
The effort is being led by two Republicans and two Democrats with the backing of Democracy Found, a Wisconsin-based group founded by Katherine Gehl, the former chief executive officer of her family’s food business, and Austin Ramirez, the CEO of equipment-maker HUSCO International.
Ramirez said it’s essential to change how voters choose members of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House.
Read the full story here.
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