Biden-Harris admin seeks to stop Elon Musk from incentivizing voter registration

The Biden-Harris administration is threatening Elon Musk with criminal charges over his plan to increase voter turnout in the upcoming presidential election by offering $1 million cash prizes to registered voters who sign his petition to pledge support for the First and Second Amendments of the US Constitution.

As Musk has been vigorously campaigning for former President Donald Trump and his America PAC petition offers the chance to win $1 million in daily draws of names of registered voters in seven battleground states. However, the Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) is warning that the money awarded “might violate federal laws against paying voters,” according to The New York Times, which said the correspondence could provoke a “criminal investigation” unless Musk ceases and desists. However, the letter does not categorically say that Musk’s program is definitely illegal.


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