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New Lawsuit Seeks to Bar Musk’s Cash Payments to Wisconsin Voters

It argues that Musk’s multimillion-dollar giveaways breached Wisconsin’s election code by amounting to vote bribery via unauthorized lotteries.

FILE - Elon Musk hands over a million dollar check to Nicholas Jacobs during a town hall in Green Bay, Wis., March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)
Elon Musk in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025.
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Overview

  • The lawsuit was filed on June 11 in state court by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign on behalf of two voters against Musk, America PAC and United States of America Inc.
  • It contends that Musk’s America PAC and USA Inc. violated state election laws by disbursing $1 million checks to three Wisconsin voters and conducting unauthorized lotteries during the April Supreme Court race.
  • Musk and allied groups spent over $20 million on the April Supreme Court race, contributing to more than $100 million in combined spending that made it the costliest judicial contest in U.S. history.
  • Schimel was defeated by Crawford by ten percentage points, cementing a 4-3 liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court until at least 2028.
  • A prior challenge from Attorney General Josh Kaul was dismissed on procedural grounds, and the new suit seeks a permanent injunction to prevent Musk’s future voter payment strategies.