New Controversy: Elon Musk Paying $1 Million to Sign a Petition
The CEO of Tesla is mostly in the news because of its performance and the actions it performs in the technology world. To everyone’s surprise, Elon Musk recently put a $1 million bounty for anyone to lobby him to sign a specific petition. Musk on Saturday 20th October 2024 gave $1 Million at the rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, that was hosted by the PAC, the Political action group of Tesla to bring back the Republican Donald Trump in the Presidential Election of 2024.
The identity of the privatization offer and the nature of the petition remain unpublished, further fueling the public interest in this rather peculiar proposal. Musk, who could widely be described as an unconventional businessman and a philanthropist, has had his share of shocking the world.
This latest announcement has injected lots of curiosity and interest among the public and this is because people are waiting to hear details about the petition that someone might win a million dollars.
Who can get the $1 Million?
Anyone who signs a petition according to Elon Musk can get the $1 million, however, he/she has to complete the terms & conditions of Elon. As for now, when this news is written, a person who belongs to Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina can participate in the contest.
The voters will sign the petition in favor of the “free speech” and “right to bear arms”. The person can be selected randomly from the list of the signatures and will be awarded $ 1 Million as prices. This contest will be run till the presidential election of the US on 05 November 2024.
The petition offered by the Tesla CEO also offers $100 to each registered voter of Pennsylvania or the 7 states who sign and $100 for referring a registered Pennsylvania voter to sign. The aim is to gather the 1 million signs in favor of the petition.
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Is Anyone Get $1 Million Yet?
On the one hand, Elon Musk has created controversy over offering $1 million each day to the petitioners, other hand, we have the first winner named John Dreher whom he called on-stage during the Saturday night gatherings at a town hall in Harrisburg.
However, the person claimed that he himself didn’t know about the event and ongoing petition result today. It is proof that Elon Musk doesn’t want to step back from his decision and more winners are on the way.
Is paying $ 1 million is legal or not?
The million-dollar bounty has caused a stir on social media as well as discussion platforms where users are predicting whether the petition is legal or not. A section of people think it might be linked to a cause Musk is sympathetic and making ready the voters to vote, while other people think it is a marketing strategy or illegal in the eyes of law. To this day it is still unknown where the petition has come from and who has put forward the offer of such an interesting job.
Federal law has suggested it as a crime action as it offers the pay or accepts the payment either for the registration to vote or for voting in the election or signing the petitions. As the musk offer the monetary value can be considered as illegal says the Justice Department.
The Allies of Musk stated that he is not giving the money for voter registration, as he paying for the petition signature that is happening in the open. It can’t be illegal. The former chairman of the Federal Election Commission said that the work done by Musk is in the grey area, but not close to the line of legality of the election.
Conclusion
The Tesla CEO Musk has openly helped Donald Trump for the Presidential Election on 5 November 2024. Elon Musk paying 1 Million dollars to sign a petition to the people who will sign in favor of the right to speak and other decisions. This step has raised the question of whether it is legal or not, but after all, it cannot be illegal as he is not sending the money directly to the voter.
