Elon Musk will visit Wisconsin on Sunday ahead of the state’s famous Supreme Court election.
Musk initially announced the plans in the Post shortly after midnight on Friday, promising a $1 million prize to the two voters. The post was removed after legal experts raised concerns about violating state law. Musk said Friday afternoon that the giveaway will be limited to those who signed his Super PAC petition, but the Wisconsin Attorney General said Friday that his office would seek a court order to stop it.
The visit marks the escalation of the mask campaign in Wisconsin. There, Republican-backed Brad Simel faces democratic Susan Crawford in the election to determine the control of the state’s Supreme Court. The American PAC, the political organisation of Musk, has spent more than $12 million on the race, and he personally gave the Wisconsin Republican $3 million, according to campaign finance disclosures.
in Friday afternoon postMusk said the event will be held on Sunday night and will be reserved for those who signed the petition circulated by the US PAC. He would hand out two million dollar checks at the event, he said.
He previously posted about the event and check, and has since been deleted, but in his previous posts, the event is “only limited to those who voted in the Supreme Court election.”
It could still face legal pushbacks. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Cowl, Democrat; He said in a statement on Friday His office was planning to seek a court order to stop the mask from carrying out the giveaway.
Legal experts had raised concerns that providing Sunday giveaways to those who have already voted could violate Wisconsin’s election bribery laws. It makes a crime Provide “valuable” to “induce” potential voters and vote or not vote in the election. Early voting is underway in Wisconsin and will be held until Sunday.
Regarding Musk’s previous post, Brendan Fischer, Campaign Finance lawyer and assistant executive director of surveillance finance organizations, said: “His tweets make it very clear that you can only participate in this event, and if you vote, you can only qualify for a million dollar payments, and it’s difficult to read it as anything other than providing the value that drives you to the vote or rewarding it for voting.”
Gift tactics are nothing new to Musk. In preparation for the 2024 election, the US PAC has created a petition signer in support of the First Amendment, which will be eligible for a $1 million prize. The plan faced legal challenges, but the judge He was dominated by the favor of masks.
The group announced Wednesday that it replicated a similar strategy in Wisconsin and pledged $100 to voters to sign a petition “oppose activist judges.” Reduce your million dollar check For Green Bay residents who signed on.
“Thank you Elon,” said winner Scott Ainsworth. Video submission by America PACso he urged Maga voters to go to vote and support Shimmel.
Musk is quickly becoming a huge player in Republican politics. He launched the US PAC in the spring of 2024, pouring hundreds of millions of dollars of his own money into the group, primarily to fund the canvas operations that support President Donald Trump’s election campaign. He promised the group will remain active for the next few years, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court competition has become the first major investment since Trump’s victory.
The Wisconsin election was already the most expensive judicial race in US history, surpassing the 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court competition, with the Democratic nominees finally winning. The Liberal Party currently holds a majority in the state’s Supreme Court. This says everything from abortion rights to state legislative maps.
The Democrats also spent a lot of time in the Wisconsin race. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker of the Hyatt Hotel Family gave Crawford $1.5 million, while longtime mega donor George Soros pitched it for $2 million.
But no one has invested more than Mask. Wisconsin Democrats want it Turn the race into his referendum and his oversized political influence. Airplane flying over Milwaukee on Thursday I carried the banner “Go Home Elon. Vote for Susan.”
