"Though maybe some of the other things Musk was doing were of murky legality, this one is clearly illegal. See 52 U.S.C. 10307(c)..." electionlawblog.org?p=146397
Hugo Lowell: “Elon Musk says on stage at a town hall that America PAC will be awarding $1 million every day until the election to a registered Pennsylvania voter who has signed his petition. Musk awar...
"He also announced a petition that he was encouraging individuals to sign, supporting the first and second amendment. Musk then revealed that up until the election, every day a random signee will receive $1 million. One of the first winners of the $1 million was right in Swatara..."
It may be illegal, but he will make far more than the $100 million or so he's spending if Trump is elected.
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Serious q: how does that measure up against the "money is speech" doctrine?
Even if he never delivers, just the promise is wildly, like go-to-jail illegal.
The fact that the opportunity to sign the petition to be eligible for the payout expires October 21st—the day of PA’s voter registration deadline—seems like the sort of thing that will be mentioned in an indictment.
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Will he ever be investigated for this, I wonder. It seems to me like even people with 3-5 orders of magnitude less money tend to go free.
The battle between Organized Money and law has been joined Cue John Roberts "overturning" law itself in order to promote "vigorous" money
Liked this bit.... ''imprisoned not more than five years …”