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The petition also offers $100 US to each registered Pennsylvania voter who signs and $100 US for referring a registered Pennsylvania voter to sign.
The legality of the giveaways is sure to come under scrutiny in the coming days.
It is a federal crime to pay people with the intention of inducing or rewarding them to cast a vote or to get registered, an offence punishable by prison time. The prohibition covers not only monetary expenditures, but also anything of monetary value like liquor or lottery chances, a Justice Department election-crimes manual says.
The Harrisburg event was the third in as many days in Pennsylvania, where Musk is painting November’s election in stark terms and encouraging supporters to vote early for the Trump ticket with vice-presidential nominee, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio. Attendees of Saturday’s event had to sign the petition, which allows America PAC to garner contact details for more potential voters that it can work to get to the polls for Trump.
Vance suggested last week that “big technology companies” helped sway the 2020 election when a New York Post story critical of Joe Biden was temporarily banned from appearing on Facebook and Twitter, renamed X by Musk. Vance has not commented negatively on the X owner’s partisan efforts this cycle.
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After denying he was a Republican, Musk has increasingly supported the party’s causes and this year became an outspoken Trump supporter.
Trump in turn has said if elected he would appoint Musk to head a government efficiency commission, which would seemingly be rife with apparent conflicts given that Musk’s companies, which also include SpaceX, Tesla and Starlink, are either subject to regulation or have contracts with government entities.
Trump, who was campaigning Sunday in Pennsylvania, was asked about Musk’s giveaway, and said, “I haven’t followed that.”Â
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