By Tim Hanrahan
Billionaire Elon Musk said he plans to award $1 million a day to a randomly chosen voter who has signed his petition pledging to uphold the rights to free speech and to bear arms, stepping up efforts by his America PAC political group to boost Donald Trump’s presidential prospects.
The world’s richest man founded the super political action committee this spring to register voters in swing states and persuade them to vote for the Republican over Democrat Kamala Harris. The splashy move by the Tesla chief executive and SpaceX founder stakes out uncharted territory in American politics and renewed critics’ questions about whether such tactics were legal.
Musk made the announcement at a rally Saturday night in Harrisburg, Pa., and gave the first check to an audience member. “One of the challenges we’re having is, like, how do we get people to know about this petition?” Musk said. “This news I think is going to really fly.”
In a video posted by America PAC, winner John Dreher sat on a sofa next to an oversize version of his million-dollar check and urged people to head to the polls. “Pennsylvania, everyone needs to get out and vote early,” he said.
America PAC said the winner will be drawn from Pennsylvania voters until Monday and then will be open to participants in other swing states through Nov. 5. The group had previously unveiled an offer of $100 for Pennsylvania voters who signed the petition, and $47 for voters from other battleground states including Michigan and Wisconsin. The petition reads: “By signing below, I am pledging my support for the First and Second Amendments.”
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