Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks at a rally for Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump on October 5, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA. The location was the July assassination attempt on Trump.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who endorsed Donald Trump in the presidential election, claimed on Sunday that the billionaire’s political action committee would provide support to every registered voter in a swing state who was referred online. $47 referral bonus. petition Signers are asked to submit personal contact information.
“For every swing state voter you refer, you will receive $47!” Musk wrote in a post on X, a social media site he owns. “Money comes easy.” If Trump is elected, he will become the 47th president of the United States.
The petition states that its signers support “First and Second Amendment rights” but does not include details of who the petition will be delivered to, when it will be delivered, or any demands made by the signer; all core elements of a traditional petition .
Instead, the petition seeks personal contact information for voters in swing states. After signing, all users, regardless of their state, will be directed to a page with voter registration links for just seven states: Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin state.
Musk’s U.S. Political Action Committee said its goal “is to get 1 million registered voters in swing states to sign their signatures in support of the Constitution, specifically the right to free speech and the right to bear arms.”
“This program is exclusively open to registered voters in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina,” the PAC said.
The petition is not the first time a political action committee in the U.S. has tried to collect valuable voter contact information online in swing states. But this is the first time the effort has included funding for people who help political action committees find registered voters.
Earlier this year, PAC was briefly investigated by the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office and the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office after CNBC revealed that PAC collected the personal contact information of voters in battleground states under the guise of helping voters register to vote.
In response to the investigation, the PAC told state officials it would fix several dead-end links on its website.
Musk said he is the founder of America PAC, an organization Donations received From people connected to him. But a federal disclosure report in July did not show any direct donations from Musk as of the end of June. The billionaire has reportedly donated to the PAC since then, but the next report isn’t due until mid-November.
CNBC has asked a Musk spokesperson to comment on the petition.
Musk’s push for the petition comes a day after he attended the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign rally in Butler, Pa., with Trump. On July 13, Trump suffered an assassination attempt in Butler.
“This is no ordinary election,” Musk told rally attendees on Saturday. “President Trump must win
to uphold the Constitution. He must win to preserve American democracy.
These states are considered highly likely to win the election between Trump and Democratic candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.
The link to the petition asks respondents if anyone referred them to the site, and then asks for that person’s email or mobile phone number.
It was unclear Monday how the PAC would actually deliver on its promised payments.
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