# How in the hell is this legal? (votesafe.org)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-the-hell-is-this-legal-votesafe-org/1033112>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 16, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-the-hell-is-this-legal-votesafe-org/1033112 "2026-09-16T15:15:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-the-hell-is-this-legal-votesafe-org/1033112/1 "2026-09-16T15:15:52Z")

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Apparently Elon Musk has created a false voter registration “help” site that doesn’t register voters, but collects their information.

[Elon Musk is running a fake voter registration site designed to steal and sell data](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/elon-musk-is-running-a-fake-voter-registration-site-designed-to-steal-and-sell-data/ar-AA2bXuat)

How in the world is this not considered election interference or at the very least, fraud? I mean, I can see the current Federal government not choosing to do anything, but why aren’t states like California and Massachusetts suing the pants off of that PAC for this sort of thing? This would seem to be beyond 1st Amendment protected speech.

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**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:** [September 16, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-the-hell-is-this-legal-votesafe-org/1033112/2 "2026-09-16T15:25:16Z")

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It’s been up for years now under one domain name or another. Still going strong.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-the-hell-is-this-legal-votesafe-org/1033112/3 "2026-09-25T02:42:49Z")

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Law doesn’t matter anymore. For anyone over a billion dollars worth.