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The Guardian - US
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Hugo Lowell in Washington

US judge returns lawsuit against Elon Musk’s $1m voter scheme to state court

A man points at his Make America Great Again hat while speaking into a microphone
Elon Musk speaks during Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images

A federal judge on Friday denied an attempt by America Pac – the political action committee founded by Elon Musk to support Donald Trump’s campaign for a second presidency – to move to federal court a civil suit brought by the Philadelphia district attorney over a daily $1m prize draw for registered voters.

The lawyers for Musk and his America Pac had argued that the lawsuit, which is seeking to halt the sweepstakes in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, needed to be resolved in federal court as it referenced the 5 November presidential election.

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