Elon Musk’s political action committee (PAC) is again offering cash to voters to support a political initiative. The PAC is now offering $100 to Wisconsin voters if they sign a petition opposing “activist judges” who have blocking or delaying decision made by the Trump administration.
“By signing below, I’m rejecting the actions of activist judges who impose their own views and demanding a judiciary that respects its role — interpreting, not legislating,” reads the petition. Those who sign and submit their data will then get the money.
The initiative comes as Wisconsin is set to vote on a crucial seat on the state’s Supreme Court, a result that could tilt the ideological scale of the court either way.
Axios reported on Friday that two groups backed by musk are set to spend some $20 million to support Brad Schimel, the Republican candidate. The Democratic candidate, Susan Crawford, has in contrast gotten donations from high-profile figures like George Soros and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
It is not the first time Musk offers voters money to support his agenda. During the 2024 election his PAC handed out several millions of dollars to voters in swing states signing a petition backing the Constitution.
The initiative was challenged in the courts but a judge ruled the PAC could continue doing it. A lawyer for the PAC revealed in a hearing in November that winners were not chosen randomly but selected by the group despite Musk saying “we are going to be be awarding $1m randomly to people who have signed the petition, every day, from now until the election.”
Musk and President Donald Trump have been clashing with federal judges who have blocked some of their initiatives, including getting sensitive information from the Social Security Administration and invoking the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador.
Regarding the first matter, Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) saw a judge temporarily blocked the agency from accessing systems that hold personal data on millions of people.
Concretely, U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander ruled that the team also has to delete any personally identifiable data they may have already got. Hollander, who is based in Maryland, upheld a request made by labor unions and retirees, who claimed DOGE’s “nearly unlimited” access to personal data violates privacy laws and poses a security risk.
As for the second, the Trump administration is is considering invoking the state secrets privilege to deny information requested by judge James Boasberg regarding the decision to use the centuries-old act to carry out the deportations. Boasberg said on Thursday that the information given so far is “woefully insufficient.”
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