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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Hugo Lowell

Musk pledges $1m each day in apparent bid to galvanize Republican voters

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks about voting during an America PAC Town Hall, in Pennsylvania.
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks about voting during an America PAC Town Hall, in Pennsylvania. Photograph: Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters

Elon Musk said on Saturday that America Pac, the Donald Trump-allied political action committee he founded, will give $1m every day until the presidential election to someone who signs his petition that appears to be a way to incentivize Republicans in battleground states to register to vote.

“We are going to be awarding $1m randomly to people who have signed the petition,” Musk said at a town hall event in Pennsylvania. “One of the challenges we’re having is how do we get the public to know about this petition because the legacy media won’t report on it.”

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