Sorry but I can’t help myself. I had to share this 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/5WQkaHbzMj
— Lisa Forte (@LisaForteUK) October 20, 2024
Somewhere a federal grand jury is being assembled... pic.twitter.com/EcopovIDi7
— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) October 20, 2024
I’m pretty sure, that while it may or may not violate voting laws, it may violate gaming laws in Pennsylvania. @JoshShapiroPA https://t.co/5kBpWLa6mM pic.twitter.com/gd3nYBOau4
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) October 20, 2024
Musk is simultaneously in fights with the FAA, DOJ, FCC, FTC, Interior, EEOC, NLRB, EPA, etc. Now Musk has nudged Trump to put him in charge of an effort to curb government rules. Why is Musk working so hard to get Trump elected? A look at this conflict https://t.co/Dg6A8E3Jpd
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) October 20, 2024
So Trump has basically 4 real supporters: Musk, Miriam Adelson, Dick Uihlein, & Tim Mellon. To get elected to serve these billionaires, Trump is pretending to be a populist by doing 15 minute stunts at McDonalds.
— emptywheel (common blue damselfly) (@emptywheel) October 21, 2024
One of his billionaire clients is buying registrations.
If Musk’s million dollar lottery petition is really just about getting people to say they support the 1st & 2nd Amendment like he claims, and nothing to do with getting people to vote for Trump, why is he only doing it in swing states and not CA or AL?
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 21, 2024
Making a million dollar prize contingent on registering to vote is illegal. See 52 USC 10307(c) https://t.co/8hnQS6lqYV Also, with PA registration soon closing for this election it may not accomplish what Musk wants. https://t.co/i9E61TkGJo
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) October 20, 2024
Elon Musk hates Trump and MAGA.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) October 21, 2024
But Trump needs money and needs Elon, so he promised Elon he could shutter any federal department he wished.
And Elon *does* wish—to avoid jail and billions in fines.
From the NYT comes the story of what Elon, a con artist, *really* cares about: pic.twitter.com/Y3uwH2AZIV
Here's the exact law Elon Musk may be breaking by offering to pay voters: experthttps://t.co/F28ZnYEMUH
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 21, 2024
"There's no problem with having a lottery, at least from the point of view of election law, to pay people to sign a petition," said Hasen. "The problem is to sign the petition, you have to be, if you go to their website of his PAC, you have to be a registered voter in a swing state. So, this is essentially a lottery to either induce people to register to vote.
He specifically cited 52 USC-10307c as the law Musk could be breaking.
"You can't pay people to register to vote. The DOJ election crimes manual says that lotteries count as a kind of payment," Hasen cited. "So, it seems pretty open and shut to me. The fact that you're signing a petition is pretty irrelevant. It's like saying we'll have a lottery where people who wear glasses can participate. But you have to be a registered voter, and it's to pay people to register to vote."
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