Not seeing it. This is the text of the relevant provision of the Federal criminal code:
18 U.S. Code § 597: "Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vot…
Not seeing it. This is the text of the relevant provision of the Federal criminal code:
18 U.S. Code § 597: "Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote-Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."
Musk is giving $1 million each day to someone who signs his online petition, which reads: "The First and Second Amendments guarantee freedom of speech and the right to bear arms. By signing below, I am pledging my support for the First and Second Amendments." To be eligible for the $1 million, petition signers must be a registered voter and live in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin.
I do not see anything in the terms and conditions that looks like a promise of payment for voting or withholding a vote. IANAL, and there may be pertinent case law that extends the covered behavior to *registering* to vote, and perhaps you could argue that the chance to win $1M is a monetary inducement to register to vote if you are not already registered. But there's nothing in the plain language of the law that screams "illegal" to me.
Not seeing it. This is the text of the relevant provision of the Federal criminal code:
18 U.S. Code § 597: "Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote-Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."
Musk is giving $1 million each day to someone who signs his online petition, which reads: "The First and Second Amendments guarantee freedom of speech and the right to bear arms. By signing below, I am pledging my support for the First and Second Amendments." To be eligible for the $1 million, petition signers must be a registered voter and live in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin.
I do not see anything in the terms and conditions that looks like a promise of payment for voting or withholding a vote. IANAL, and there may be pertinent case law that extends the covered behavior to *registering* to vote, and perhaps you could argue that the chance to win $1M is a monetary inducement to register to vote if you are not already registered. But there's nothing in the plain language of the law that screams "illegal" to me.