To recruit other voters to sign a vague petition to support the Constitution.
Nothing wrong with that, right?
Given this context, some might argue (and have argued) that Musk is financially incentivizing voter registration.
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Not long after his initial $47 offering, Muskupped the paymentto $100.
Then, several days ago, Musk escalated things drastically.
As of this writing, Musk has already doled out two $1 million payments to individual voters.
One political science scholar, UCLAs Rick Hasen,claims Musks activities constituteclearly illegal vote-buying.
The letter was also addressed to numerous district attorneys in Pennsylvania.
We urge you to investigate whether America PACs payments are prohibited payments for voter registration.
We recognize that they are framed as payments for signing a petition, or for referring voters who sign.
Were Musk found guilty of such a crime, he could spend up to five years in prison.
Gizmodo reached out to Musk via Tesla.
We also reached out to the Justice Department.
Musks payments to voters obviously put the Justice Department in a difficult position.
Previously, America PAC hasbeen criticizedfor a number of other issues and purported irregularities.
All of that said, the jury is still out on whether Musk is actually helping Trump win.
Some high-level officials within the GOP have voiced concerns that Musks efforts arent actually all that effective.
Previous reporting has suggested that the canvassing operations being manned by Musk-funded PACsare not making a dent.
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