‘Blatantly unlawful’: Elon Musk buying voters in state Supreme Court election with $1 million offers, attorney general says — asks top court to stop him

Elon Musk arrives for the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

Elon Musk arrives for the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

Wisconsin‘s attorney general is asking the state’s Supreme Court to slam the brakes on an offer being made by President Donald Trump’s billionaire DOGE ally Elon Musk, who wants to dole out a pair of $1 million checks to two random people who sign an online petition against “activist judges” and vote in the state’s upcoming Supreme Court race on Tuesday.

Democratic AG Josh Kaul appealed to the state’s highest court on Sunday after having a similar request denied by a Wisconsin appellate court on Saturday. Kaul filed a lawsuit Friday in response to Musk’s offer — which he first floated on X — but was denied an emergency injunction to block the $1 million payments by Columbia County Circuit Court Judge W. Andrew Voigt, who refused to hear the lawsuit. The court of appeals ruled that Kaul failed to prove that Musk’s effort was an illegal lottery and ultimately allowed it to continue through Election Day on Tuesday.

In response, Kaul fired off his emergency petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court asking it to take action — saying Musk’s offer is “blatantly unlawful” and “erodes public confidence in what is expected to be a close and highly consequential election,” per the filing.

“Wisconsin’s core interests in election integrity are near its zenith when the world’s richest man undertakes such an audacious effort to influence voting through monetary awards,” Kaul said in a memorandum voicing his support. “Wisconsin law prohibits offering anything of value to induce anyone to vote. Yet, Elon Musk did just that.”

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