Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk has clearly sided with Republican candidate Donald Trump in the US presidential election campaign. In recent months, Musk donated a total of $75 million to the Trump-affiliated political organization America PAC.
$1 million daily for swing states
Now another million dollars are added every day. This will be raffled off to people who sign a petition in the electoral swing states. In it, the signatories declare that they support the First and Second Amendments of the US Constitution. These articles guarantee freedom of speech and the right to bear arms.
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However, the petition, which hardly has a clear political statement, is probably just a vehicle to get the contact details of the signatories golem.de reports. The Trump campaign can use the contact details of these potentially pro-Trump people to further polarize.
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Due to US electoral law, individual states are extremely important. Accordingly, only voters in the so-called swing states Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are eligible to participate.
US election: tipping the scales
Pennsylvania in particular is kind of tipping the scales. Not just because Harris and Trump are in a close neck-and-neck race here. But because here, where there are a large number of electors and women, a few thousand votes could decide the outcome of the entire US election.
While Musk describes his million-dollar lottery as great fun and a good use of his money, others find the whole thing less funny. The legal expert Rick Hasen explained in a blog articlethat Musk’s initiative is probably violating US voting rights.
Is Elon Musk threatened with punishment?
Accordingly, people who offer or accept money in connection with registering to vote or voting are threatened with a penalty. According to Hasen, what is particularly illegal is that Musk is offering a lottery in which only people who are registered to vote or plan to do so can take part.
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Musk and the up to 17 winners could face a fine of up to $10,000 CNBC writes. The new millionaires and the 250-fold billionaire would certainly be hit harder by the threat of imprisonment of up to five years each.
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