Published July 15th, 2026 - 11:06 GMT
ALBAWABA - Musk, it seems, has broken the law in Wisconsin by offering voters $1 million checks if they vote for his preferred candidate in the 2025 state Supreme Court elections.The Wisconsin Election commission has brought complaints of election rigging to the DA, which in turn can press charges against Musk for violating the state’s law within 40 days of the complaint.Musk, in supporting his preferred Republican candidate Brad Schimel, has spent at least $20 million. The amount was spent in vain as Schimel lost to Democratic candidate Susan Crawford by 10 percentage points. Disappointed, Musk said that he would spend much less on political campaigns going forward.The complaints brought against him described how Musk handed out checks at political rallies just days before the election. In addition, his social media post was brought up where he offered $1 million to people who voted in favor of his candidate in the election, which he claims was to “induce them to vote in that election.”Three Wisconsin voters were confirmed to receive checks from Musk, including two who got the checks in person at the Green Bay rally.𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐊 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 $𝟏 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐊𝐒The 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 has found probable cause that Elon Musk broke the… pic.twitter.com/FhkKxPBzfQ— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) July 15, 2026 Musk handing out $1 million checks at the Green Bay political rally (@MichaelARothman via X)Alongside the committee, another party has brought up charges against Musk; the government watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign is seeking to prohibit him from ever offering any sort of cash payment in the state.Musk’s lawyers argued that Musk was exercising his ‘free speech’ rights with the ‘giveaways’ saying that any charges brought against him would violate both the Wisconsin and US constitutions. Spokespeople for Musk did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
