{"id":7114,"date":"2024-10-21T11:33:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T11:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diamondtvzambia.com\/?p=7114"},"modified":"2024-10-21T11:33:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T11:33:23","slug":"musks-1m-a-day-to-swing-states-voters-deeply-concerning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diamondtvzambia.com\/staging\/7839\/musks-1m-a-day-to-swing-states-voters-deeply-concerning\/","title":{"rendered":"MUSK’S $1M-A-DAY TO SWING STATES VOTERS ‘DEEPLY CONCERNING’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said he will give away $1m (\u00a3766,000) a day to a registered voter in key swing states until the US presidential election on 5 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winner will be chosen at random from those who sign a pro-US Constitution petition by Mr Musk\u2019s campaign group AmericaPAC, which he set up to support Republican nominee Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The <\/a>first lottery-style cheque was given away to a surprised attendee at a town hall event in Pennsylvania on Saturday night. Another cheque was handed out on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a Democrat who supports Kamala Harris, called Mr Musk’s strategy “deeply concerning.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shapiro told NBC News’ Meet the Press that law enforcement should potentially look at the payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contest is open to voters in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina, all key battleground states that will ultimately decide the White House election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Election law expert Rick Hasen wrote on his personal Election Law Blog that he believed Mr Musk’s offer was “clearly illegal”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federal law states that anyone who “pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting” faces a potential $10,000 fine or a five-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though Mr Musk is technically asking voters to sign a form, Mr Hasen questioned the intent behind the strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Who can sign the petitions? Only registered voters in swing states, which is what makes it illegal,” said Mr Hasen, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) law school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who sign the petition – which pledges to support free speech and gun rights – must submit their contact details, potentially allowing AmericaPAC to contact them about their vote. [BBC news]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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