State Supreme Court should stop Elon Musk $1M offers: AG
Elon Musk arrives for the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

Elon Musk was at the 2022 Met Gala held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 2, 2022, as captured in a photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue.

The attorney general of Wisconsin is urging the state’s Supreme Court to intervene in a proposal put forth by Elon Musk, a prominent ally of President Donald Trump and a billionaire linked to DOGE cryptocurrency. Musk has offered to award two individuals with $1 million each if they sign an online petition opposing “activist judges” and participate in the upcoming Supreme Court election in the state on Tuesday.

Josh Kaul, a Democratic AG, sought relief from the state’s highest court after his initial request was turned down by a Wisconsin appellate court. Kaul initiated legal action against Musk’s proposal following its announcement, but his plea for an emergency injunction to prevent the distribution of $1 million payments was dismissed by Judge W. Andrew Voigt of the Columbia County Circuit Court. The court of appeals later determined that Kaul had not demonstrated that Musk’s initiative constituted an unlawful lottery, allowing the offer to proceed until Election Day on Tuesday.

In response, Kaul fired off his emergency petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court asking it to take action — saying Musk’s offer is “blatantly unlawful” and “erodes public confidence in what is expected to be a close and highly consequential election,” per the filing.

“Wisconsin’s core interests in election integrity are near its zenith when the world’s richest man undertakes such an audacious effort to influence voting through monetary awards,” Kaul said in a memorandum voicing his support. “Wisconsin law prohibits offering anything of value to induce anyone to vote. Yet, Elon Musk did just that.”

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