Attorney General Josh Kaul filed the lawsuit in county circuit court to stop Musk from making the payments, which he said he would make Sunday in Wisconsin. Musk initially said in a post on his social media platform, X, that he planned to “personally hand over” $2 million to a pair of voters who have already cast their ballots in the race.

Musk later posted a clarification, saying the money will go to people who will be “spokesmen” for an online petition against “activist” judges. After first saying the event would only be open to people who had voted in the Supreme Court race, he said attendance would be limited to those who have signed the petition.

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    3 days ago

    A bunch of people who were expecting to be paid to vote for someone they were probably going to vote for anyways now learn it is “the democrats” blocking that payment. This will probably make them even more likely to vote out of spite AND save Musk a bunch of money. Good job?

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      Why is there always a someone blaming the left for what the right is doing?

      The person giving the money and the one receiving it both likely know this shit is illegal. So how is it the Dem’s fault for upholding the law? 🙄

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        2 days ago

        That kind of sums up our current reality.

        Someone cuts you off in traffic (or other illegal action) and if you honk they get mad at you for pointing out the fuck up.