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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Robert Tait in Washington

Musk’s get-out-the-vote workers didn’t know they were canvassing for Trump – report

Elon Musk joins Donald Trump during a campaign rally at site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on 5 October.
Elon Musk joins Donald Trump during a campaign rally at site of the first assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 5 October. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Elon Musk’s get-out-the-vote effort for Donald Trump has come under renewed scrutiny after paid canvassers reported not knowing beforehand that they were being hired to support the former president.

Workers recruited by Musk’s America Pac to canvass in the battleground state of Michigan only discovered they were working for the Space X and Tesla entrepreneur to drum up voter turnout for Trump after signing non-disclosure agreements, Wired reported.

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