Old and busted: Redistribute the wealth of billionaires! New hotness: Force Elon Musk to stop giving away his money!
To be fair, I did wonder whether Elon Musk’s million-dollar daily lottery passed legal muster too. But I also looked around to sign up before investigating it too closely:
Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX who’s gone all-in on Republican Donald Trump’s candidacy for the White House, is pledging to give away $1 million a day to voters for signing his political action committee’s petition backing the Constitution. The offer is sparking questions among election experts about the plan’s legality.
Some experts say it is a violation of the law to link a cash handout to signing a petition that also requires a person to be registered to vote. A message seeking comment was left with the PAC on Sunday, as was a request for comment from the Justice…
