Federal law bars paying people to register to vote. The language of the petition currently promises $1 million prizes to people chosen at random for signing a petition in support of First and Second Amendment freedoms. But to sign the petition, you must be registered to vote in specific states.
A letter from the Justice Department’s public integrity section, which investigates potential election-related law violations, went to Musk’s political action committee, according to people briefed on the matter.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/politics/elon-musk-justice-department-letter/index.html
Oh now I get it.
I’d just sign the thing and vote the other way, but that’s not the point of this. The point is to give unregistered Trump supporters incentive to register to vote.
Yep, the excitement of maybe getting to win by just signing up. Also, the “winners” were more than likely fake as well. You can’t cash a really big check written out wrong.
