{"id":14413,"date":"2025-03-21T02:44:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/musk-offers-100-to-wisconsin-voters-bringing-back-a-controversial-tactic\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T02:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:44:37","slug":"musk-offers-100-to-wisconsin-voters-bringing-back-a-controversial-tactic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/musk-offers-100-to-wisconsin-voters-bringing-back-a-controversial-tactic\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk Offers $100 to Wisconsin Voters, Bringing Back a Controversial Tactic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Elon Musk is bringing back his most controversial gambit from the 2024 presidential election: paying voters as part of a plan to identify and turn out conservative-leaning ones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The super PAC that Mr. Musk founded to funnel his fortune into Republican causes, America PAC, said on Thursday that it was offering $100 to registered voters in Wisconsin who sign a petition \u201cin opposition to activist judges\u201d or refer others to sign it. Mr. Musk has been using the group to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/26\/us\/politics\/wisconsin-supreme-court-money.html\" title=\"\">spend millions of dollars<\/a> to elect a conservative candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in an April 1 election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The petition reads: \u201cJudges should interpret laws as written, not rewrite them to fit their personal or political agendas. By signing below, I\u2019m rejecting the actions of activist judges who impose their own views and demanding a judiciary that respects its role \u2014 interpreting, not legislating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The purpose of the petition is multifaceted: Drive attention from the news media, increase awareness and voter registration among conservative voters, and help America PAC collect data on the most energized Wisconsinites who are likely to turn out for the conservative candidate, Brad Schimel. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/07\/us\/politics\/elon-musk-47-dollars-petition.html\" title=\"\">carried out a nearly identical maneuver<\/a> in battleground states before the November election, generating significant legal and political debate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Philadelphia district attorney sued to stop the distribution of those lottery-style payouts, which went up to $1 million to voters who signed a document in support of the First Amendment. But the day before Election Day, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/04\/us\/politics\/elon-musk-america-pac-sweepstakes-ruling.html\" title=\"\">a Pennsylvania judge declined<\/a> to halt the sweepstakes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">America PAC\u2019s revival of the use of petitions, and the wording of its new document in Wisconsin, reveal two of Mr. Musk\u2019s priorities as he wields wide power in Washington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The first is his focus on the court election in Wisconsin, which could swing control of the state\u2019s top judicial body back to conservatives after liberals won a major victory there in 2023. Mr. Musk\u2019s super PAC and an allied nonprofit group have spent over $11 million to try to elect Judge Schimel, which would again push the battleground state rightward on issues like redistricting and abortion rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk\u2019s electric car company, Tesla, has also <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/tesla-wisconsin-court-blocking-opening-dealerships\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sued Wisconsin to challenge a state law<\/a> prohibiting manufacturers from owning dealerships. In January, eight days after Tesla filed the suit, Mr. Musk <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1882394525743927403\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X<\/a>, \u201cVery important to vote Republican for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to prevent voting fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The second is Mr. Musk\u2019s budding obsession with removing judges he sees as thwarting President Trump\u2019s agenda. He posts daily on X about his frustrations with the federal judiciary, and the refreshed language of the new petition points to that focus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But despite the petition from Mr. Musk\u2019s group denouncing judges who are openly political, there are few doubts about where the loyalties of his preferred candidate in Wisconsin lie: Judge Schimel is <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/13\/us\/politics\/brad-schimel-trump-wisconsin-supreme-court.html\" title=\"\">a longtime defender of Mr. Trump<\/a> who dressed up as the president last Halloween.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     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