Dan Johnson Email & Phone Number

Directly lobby the Illinois General Assembly and constitutional officers to advance the interests of clients, crafting legislation that is big enough to matter and reasonable enough to pass.

Chicago, IL, US

The company name changed to JS Applications in September 2024 as we create custom software applications for all sorts of government, university and private clients as well as our ever-improving voir dire product JurorSearch. JurorSearch organizes jury selection for trial attorneys and their consultants, researchers and support staff.

Craft messages, stories and potential public policies for companies, trade associations and citizens. Communicate with stakeholders to build consensus. Develop solutions for ongoing problems. Reach civic-minded allies.

I served as an elected member of my local library's Board of Trustees for a single term.

VoterHub helps Democrats win more elections. We offer front-end software with built-in analytics to access your voterfile and track all campaign activity by segment of the electorate to see every night whether your campaign is on path to victory. Clients own their own campaign data and can share it with whomever they wish. We work off a public API to.

I served as an Illinois at-large Bernie Sanders delegate to the Democratic National Convention because college should be free, everyone should get Medicare instead of buying expensive private health insurance, pollution should be taxed to slow down climate change and millions more Americans should get mobilized to elect Democrats and pass progressive laws.

Founded the startup on the side, built up a site and a small base of users, learned a lot about business models, coding and two-sided markets.

I focus on election law. I have represented presidential, congressional, state legislative and mayoral candidates in federal and state court as well as administrative hearings. My other focus is on non-profit organizations, particularly those that engage in advocacy and face regulations related to their lobbying and advocacy. Every mission-based non-profit.

More Riders works with transit agencies to grow ridership through better communication. We believe every transit agency of any size can generate more riders and more revenue through more thoughtful marketing and communication to their existing and potential riders. We published More Riders Magazine every quarter as well as an often-updated blog.

I lobby and consult for clients that are looking to translate big ideas that will make the world a better place into significant pieces of legislation that can earn majority support in legislatures. Current clients include the Midwest High Speed Rail Association (www.midwesthsr.org) and the National Popular Vote Initiative (www.EveryVoteEqual.org). My.

I founded an advocacy organization that makes our governments more representative and democratic. We are responsible for two Illinois laws, one that makes voter registration easier by giving citizens a 14-day grace period to register to vote after the regular deadline of 28 days before the election, and another that allows county boards to grant cumulative.

I wrote legislation (some of which is now law), briefs, memos and advocacy pieces to advance the mission of ranked ballots through instant runoff voting, proportional representation and related reforms for a more muscular democracy. Based primarily in Chicago, I helped spark the drive to revive cumulative voting for the Illinois House of Representatives.

J.D., Law

B.A., Economics, Political Science

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