Legal experts seem divided on whether the Tesla CEO’s promise to award huge prizes to voters who sign a petition runs afoul of election law.

Elon Musk's pledge to give away $1 million a day to voters for signing his PAC's petition is prompting questions about its legality.

Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaway for voters who sign his free-speech and gun-rights petition falls into a gray area of election law, and legal experts are divided about whether the billionaire supporter of Donald Trump could be running afoul of prohibitions on paying people to register to vote.

A look at the legal ins and outs of a Trump-ally scheme that some legal experts call illegal — but which at the very least exploits a loophole.

While stumping for former President Donald Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk announced that he will give away $1 million each day to registered voters in battleground states, immediately drawing scrutiny from election law experts who said the sweepstakes could violate laws against paying people to register.

Billionaire Elon Musk says he will be randomly picking a person in a swing state, who signs his online petition, to give $1 million to.

As the election looms, Elon Musk ramps up his support for Donald Trump’s campaign through his super PAC – and now by promising millions in direct giveaways. Pennsylvania’s governor called on law enforcement to investigate the legality of Mr.

Legal experts raised concerns about he legality of the move because it ties a monetary reward to voter registration status, which is prohibited under federal law.

Musk on Saturday gave a $1 million check to an attendee at the rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which was hosted by America PAC, a political action group the Tesla CEO set up to back Republican Donald Trump in the Nov.