How you (yes you) can fight dark money in elections | Judd Legum

An easy way to unveil the corporate interests and tech billionaires behind the ads An unprecedented influx of cash from tech billionaires and corporate interests has been injected into the midterms to sway the election. With the fate of US democracy hanging in the balance, millions of Americans have faced a cacophony of provocative – and often inaccurate – messages precisely calibrated to shift their preferences. Right now, it is next to impossible for the average voter to sort through the noise.

Overall, spending on federal elections in the United States has exploded in recent years – rising from $3.8bn in the 2014 midterm elections to $8.9bn in 2022. This year’s congressional midterms are on pace to break that record. A growing amount of this spending is so-called dark money, funds where the donor legally does not have to be disclosed.