The Justice Department Says Elon Musk’s Voter Lottery May Be Illegal

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CNN reports that the Justice Department has sent Elon Musk’s PAC a letter saying that their daily $1 million lottery may violate federal law. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman has the story.

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00:00The Justice Department says Elon Musk may be undermining the integrity of our election,

00:04and it's politely asking him to stop.

00:06In recent days, Musk's political action committee, AmericaPAC,

00:10has been offering a daily $1 million lottery open to registered swing state voters who

00:14sign a petition supporting the First and Second Amendments.

00:17CNN reports that the Justice Department has sent the PAC a letter saying that

00:21this practice may violate federal law against paying people to register to vote.

00:25University of Pennsylvania Cary Law School professor Michael Morse told NBC News,

00:30This is at best very questionable legally.

00:32I think you can read this petition as an inducement to register to vote.

00:36Musk, a supporter of Donald Trump, certainly seems to view registration as a goal.

00:40On Tuesday, he posted on X,

00:42New Republican voter registration last week in Pennsylvania

00:45absolutely crushed Democrat voter registration. Let's go!

00:50But it's not clear that the Justice Department will initiate any further action.

00:54Morse said,

00:54The Department of Justice is authorized to enforce the statute,

00:57but I think in the next three weeks they have other things to do.

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