This article by Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is published by The Brennan Center for Justice. Here is an excerpt:

21. The funding of ballot measures continued to be a smorgasbord of unlimited money.

A federal judge blocked a new Florida new law (S.B. 1890) that imposed a $3,000 contribution limit to ballot initiative campaigns. And the Federal Election Commission decided that foreign money can be spent in ballot measure fights. This foreign-money loophole would be closed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY) bill, the Stop Foreign Interference in Ballot Measures Act, or Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s (D-RI) DISCLOSE Act.

20. Once a big political spender, the National Rifle Association had a tough year.

The NRA declared bankruptcy and then tried to move to Texas, likely in an effort to dodge enforcement actions that were proceeding against it from the New York State attorney general. A bankruptcy judge dismissed the case, declaring that it was not filled in good faith. And to top that off, Giffords, the gun-control group founded by former Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords, filed a federal lawsuit accusing the NRA of violating campaign finance laws since 2014.The rich always throw the new boss a fete, no matter the party.

19. The rich always throw the new boss a fete, no matter the party.

President Joe Biden’s inaugural raised $61 million, which was provided by 18 billionaires and many corporate donors, among others. Many of these corporate donors like Pfizer, AT&T, and Boeing had previously given to President Donald Trump’s inaugural in 2017, which incidentally is still under investigation by the D.C. attorney general.

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