Comment by enragedcacti
5 days ago
> MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk likely broke Wisconsin law when he promised to hand out $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 state Supreme Court election, a bipartisan panel has found.
> The Wisconsin Elections Commission last week referred two complaints to the Brown County district attorney’s office, which can choose to bring criminal charges over violating the state law against election bribery. Prosecutors have 40 days to report back to the commission.
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-wisconsin-election-mill...
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"Likely broke" is according to the Wisconsin Election Commission, as is attributed at the end of that very sentence.
> Encouraging people just to vote
And "Criminal Conspiracy" is just making plans with friends. Just because you can describe it in vague terms doesn't make it A-Okay.
> It's going to backfire hard for all the ad spend by MTV, Meta, and Google
It will not, because running ads is definitely not election bribery, whereas what Musk did likely is under Wisconsin law.