Officials are sounding the alarm over Musk’s payments to pro-Trump voters.
Officials are sounding the alarm over Musk’s payments to pro-Trump voters.
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Officials are sounding the alarm over Musk’s payments to pro-Trump voters.
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I'll honestly be shocked if they actually do anything about it, and that saddens me.
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Ok, but I'm in Pennsylvania. How do I get that cheddar?
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Who said you have to be a Trump voter?
I’m not being dense I know where it’s aimed, but shouldn’t a shit ton of left leaning voters sign it and take the odds?
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Putin: they can DO that in the US?
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It's illegal, regardless of whether or not his own language mentions a candidate to vote for. Nobody will press charges because they don't want to waste the time and money though. It would have to be a grassroots campaign to get charges filed.
Get to it, Pennsylvania!
Unfortunately, rich assholes like Musk tend to be above the consequences of the law. Even if a grassroots movement gets far enough for him to be convicted of anything, he'll just get a slap on the wrist like every other billionaire douchebag.
the oligarchs run the country.
Not a lawyer but with a search, I found 18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting; more details at: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597
I think it's one of those things that is against the spirit of a law but not the letter of it. It feels illegal, it probably should be illegal, it might be illegal in the future, but for now it's sketchy but technically above board.