Billionaire Elon Musk has given away $1 million checks to voters in Wisconsin ahead of the state’s Supreme Court election, according to BBC. The move comes after Wisconsin's Supreme Court declined to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul, who argued that the giveaway violated state law prohibiting gifts for votes. Musk's actions have sparked controversy, while Musk’s lawyers defended the prize to promote grassroots opposition to activist judges. The election has become the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history and is seen as pivotal for future decisions on abortion rights, redistricting, and voting rules.
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00:02Elon Musk has given away $1 million checks to voters in Wisconsin ahead of the state
00:06Supreme Court election, according to BBC. The move comes after Wisconsin's Supreme Court
00:10declined to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Democratic Attorney General Josh Kahl,
00:15who argued that the giveaway violated state law, prohibiting gifts for votes.
00:19Musk's actions have sparked controversy, while Musk's lawyers defended the prize as a means to
00:23remove grassroots opposition to activist judges. The election has become the most expensive judicial
00:28race in U.S. history, and is seen as pivotal for future decisions on abortion rights,
00:33redistricting, and voting rules. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com slash GSTV.