Musk Group Offers 100 To Wisconsin Voters Ahead Of Pivotal State Supreme Court Election

A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters 100 to sign a petition in opposition to "activist judges," a move that comes two weeks before the state's Supreme Court election and after the political action committee made a similar proposal last year in battleground states.

Musk's political action committee America PAC announced the petition in a post on X on Thursday night. It promises 100 for each Wisconsin voter who signs the petition and another 100 for each signer they refer.

The campaign for Susan Crawford , the Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court, said Musk was trying to buy votes ahead of the April 1 election. The offer was made two days after early voting started in the hotly contested race between Crawford and Brad Schimel , the preferred candidate of Musk and Republicans.

The winner of the election will determine whether the court remains under liberal control or flips to a conservative majority.

Musk's PAC used a nearly identical tactic ahead of the November presidential election, offering to pay 1 million a day to voters in Wisconsin and six other battleground states who signed a petition supporting the First and Second Amendments.