Election reforms that are designed to wrest control from the major parties and to fix political dysfunction are gaining support.

Ross Perot may not have won the election, but he introduced healthy competition, however briefly, into an otherwise duopolistic industry and in so doing, won tangible results for the country.

A nonpartisan group that includes Milwaukee-area business executives Andy Nunemaker, David Lubar, Greg Marcus, Katherine Gehl and Austin Ramirez is shifting into action in its push to reduce the advantages of Republican and Democratic candidates at the political extremes.