# Elon Musk Swing State Registered Voter Giveway **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump, elon-musk\ **Created:** [October 23, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077 "2024-10-23T00:41:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/21 "2024-11-05T02:37:09Z")
As I read it, there’s no lottery involved (since it is a planned, not random giveaway) so the specific lawsuit is null, but now there’s a case for fraud for all the people who participated. Although I bet the language as written includes a lot of disclaimers buried in the fine print. So a massive grift. The data collected is probably worth many times what Elon paid and will be sold over and over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/22 "2024-11-05T14:20:54Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Try a big con. The “winners” were chosen in advance. No one was chosen randomly, despite what Musk claimed. I missed that he ever said it was random. Did he? Thr million dollars a day is chump change for Musk. The bigger money is the who-knows-how-many $47, $100 and $200 payments. One of Musk’s [lawyers said yesterday](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-rules-against-halting-elon-musk-s-1m-a-day-giveaway-in-pennsylvania/ar-AA1tuFss) that they need to send out 18,000 checks for Philadelphia County alone, of which 8,000 will supposedly go out today. One might guess that half of these should be $100 checks, and half $200. I am also thinking that the take up rate, on the online offer, in Philadelphia County, was lower than elsewhere due to most people being Democrats. Projecting to all the swing states, I am guesstimating that Musk is supposed to pay out at least a hundred million. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/23 "2024-11-05T14:27:59Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > The data collected is probably worth many times what Elon paid and will be sold over and over and over again. Maybe but I’m skeptical. What would be worth something is a list of people who sent money in, not a list of people who want free money for themselves. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/24 "2024-11-05T15:50:59Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > I missed that he ever said it was random. Did he? A news article said he claimed it was random. I don’t remember which site I read that on. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/25 "2024-11-06T22:02:48Z")
I haven’t followed this closely. But why would anyone give something (their personal information) unless the prizes were given randomly? I.e., that there was a chance they’d win something? ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/26 "2024-11-06T22:24:56Z")
Re last post, Musk’s PAC owes my wife and I $200 each. Nothing random about it. And I’m thinking there’s a good five percent chance we’ll get it. Like many others, I have received multiple warning letters from businesses saying they that not only my name, address, and email has been hacked, but also info I did not give Musk (account numbers, social security number). Our land line phone number has always been listed. If the info I gave Musk (name, snailmail address, one of my email addresses, maybe our phone number that has a strong challenge if you are not on the accepted caller list, and the fact that I support the Bill of Rights) is of monetary value, someone please private message me how I can sell these valuables. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/27 "2024-11-21T20:52:55Z")
My wife and I today each received, and mobile-deposited, $100 checks from the “United States of America Inc.” in San Mateo California (on the check) or Austin Texas (on the envelope). You can’t make this stuff up. The check also reads “MEMO America PAC Petition,” so Musk came through with the promised base payment. We also were supposed to get a $100 each referral fee, but no biggie. I think that a Trumpworld supplier, who gets 50 percent of what they are owed, is doing well. It’s the same check shown in this news story: [Musk PAC sent York woman $100 for signing America PAC Petition. But she never signed it](https://www.ydr.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/12/york-woman-got-100-for-musk-pac-petition-that-she-never-signed/76222417007/) > [@](#): > > “I did not want the money,” she said. “Here I am. I did not sign the petition. I did not want the money, and I have a check for $100 in my desk drawer.” My advice is – cash the check right away before they start bouncing. Then give the money to a charity which helps migrants. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/28 "2024-12-21T19:24:19Z")
Bringing her total to the correct $200, my wife Barbara got her $100 check today for referring our daughter. I am still due my extra $100 for referring Barbara, but suspect that patience will be rewarded. Say whatever you want about Trump and Musk, but of the two, Musk looks to pay more debts. We plan to turn this around as a donation to one of the legal defense funds for Trump’s victims, once we see which fund seems the most reliable/mainstream. Thank you Elon. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/29 "2025-01-30T15:26:40Z")
As of today, January 30, 2025, we have still only received one of the two promised referral payments. So Elon Musk promised my household $500 and we received $400. Considering the source, I find this an outstanding result. Anyone considering the Trump/Musk federal employee resignation incentive may want to reflect on our experience. There’s an excellent chance you’ll get something, but do not count on it for your rent money. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/30 "2025-02-02T14:46:21Z")
The employees who left twitter as it was becoming the muskified X were also promised a lot and by and large were delivered zilch. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/31 "2025-02-02T22:32:53Z")
Yep. Why should Donald and Elon pay out money to former federal employees, when they could keep it themselves? ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/32 "2025-03-21T14:53:36Z")
Musk has a new swing state registered voter giveaway, albeit restricted to Wisconsinites: [Petition in Opposition to Activist Judges](https://petition.theamericapac.org/) Taking the petition wording literally, I think I would be, if a Wisconsinite, justified in picking up some more of Mr. Musk’s money. It is the conservative judges who are more likely to disregard precedent AKA be activist. Do not be afraid that your mailbox will be filled with GOP propaganda. Mine is not. Neither have we gotten phone calls. They want contributors, not freeloaders like me. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/33 "2026-07-19T22:15:10Z")
> Elon Musk could face charges for violating Wisconsin election law when he gave some voters $1 million checks during the state Supreme Court election last year. [https://time.com/article/2026/07/15/elon-musk-wisconsin-election-law-supreme-court-million-dollar-giveaway/](https://time.com/article/2026/07/15/elon-musk-wisconsin-election-law-supreme-court-million-dollar-giveaway/) ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/34 "2026-08-10T22:49:25Z")
A special prosecutor has been appointed: > **[La Crosse County DA appointed special prosecutor in Elon Musk election...](https://www.wxow.com/news/la-crosse-county-da-appointed-special-prosecutor-in-elon-musk-election-complaints/article_9349a93a-2878-4954-bb19-91ccec55d66e.html)** > > GREEN BAY, Wis. (WXOW) — La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke has been appointed as a special prosecutor to review two complaints involving Elon Musk that were referred by Brian ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/35 "2026-08-12T11:42:09Z")
Thanks, neighbor. Good choice. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077/36 "2026-08-25T15:13:40Z")
Unfortunately Gruenke decided that the case was not worth trying > **[BREAKING NEWS: La Crosse Co. DA declines to charge Elon Musk in election law...](https://www.wizmnews.com/2026/08/25/breaking-news-la-crosse-co-da-declines-to-charge-elon-musk-in-election-law-case/?fbclid=IwY2xjawT6j2hwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6TER8A7RnnJ6DWDXwF5OAOEW_vPgkkedtmIJ2KlJlMYtWtvnk92pQREdefGQ_aem_r1kbiyUGYNGJE3L8Ki8PBw)** > > La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke said in a letter Tuesday morning that he won’t charge billionaire Elon Musk for violating state election laws related to the state Supreme Court race in 2025. Earlier this month, Brown County District... > In this case, without the famous name attached and the large dollar amounts involved, it is a simple case of a poorly worded statement that was corrected and brought into compliance with the law. > > Because the original post was poorly worded and ambiguous about who would receive money, and the second post corrected the problem relatively quickly, I do not believe a jury would convict Elon Musk of a crime. Therefore, the State declines to charge Elon Musk in this matter. Brian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-swing-state-registered-voter-giveway/1009077.md?page=1)