Reid J. Epstein

He's paying them $100. Why? And he is paying other people money to refer people to sign this petition. I talked to a Republican mayor of a small town who said his own brother called him and asked him to sign the petition because his brother would get $45 for it.

He's paying them $100. Why? And he is paying other people money to refer people to sign this petition. I talked to a Republican mayor of a small town who said his own brother called him and asked him to sign the petition because his brother would get $45 for it.

It is a perhaps extra legal plan to get voters engaged in the race because it's against the law to pay people to vote, but it's not against the law to pay people to sign a petition in favor of a particular policy. And so that is what Musk is doing.

It is a perhaps extra legal plan to get voters engaged in the race because it's against the law to pay people to vote, but it's not against the law to pay people to sign a petition in favor of a particular policy. And so that is what Musk is doing.

And to top it off, among those who have signed this petition for which they receive $100, Musk has chosen winners who he has said will receive a million dollars.

And to top it off, among those who have signed this petition for which they receive $100, Musk has chosen winners who he has said will receive a million dollars.

A real sort of publicity stunt to draw attention to his efforts to juice support for his candidate in this race.

A real sort of publicity stunt to draw attention to his efforts to juice support for his candidate in this race.

Is it legal? It's not clear if it's legal. The Attorney General of Wisconsin, who's a Democrat, suggested that it's not. And he asked the state's courts to intervene to stop Elon Musk from handing out these million-dollar checks.

Is it legal? It's not clear if it's legal. The Attorney General of Wisconsin, who's a Democrat, suggested that it's not. And he asked the state's courts to intervene to stop Elon Musk from handing out these million-dollar checks.

And in a bit of irony that's kind of perfect for this election, the judge the case was assigned to was Susan Crawford in Dane County, who probably set a land speed record in recusing herself from this whole episode. Eventually, the state Supreme Court declined to intervene. They allowed the event to go forward without making a ruling on whether it was legal or not.

And in a bit of irony that's kind of perfect for this election, the judge the case was assigned to was Susan Crawford in Dane County, who probably set a land speed record in recusing herself from this whole episode. Eventually, the state Supreme Court declined to intervene. They allowed the event to go forward without making a ruling on whether it was legal or not.

This whole scheme is the sort of thing that Musk can do because he has virtually unlimited money.

This whole scheme is the sort of thing that Musk can do because he has virtually unlimited money.

I mean, that is truly astonishing. Yeah, Musk had done a test run of this proposition during the presidential campaign in Pennsylvania, but we really haven't seen anything quite to the same scale as what we're witnessing in Wisconsin. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Elon Musk. On Sunday night, Elon Musk went to Green Bay... where he held a rally for Brad Schimel.

I mean, that is truly astonishing. Yeah, Musk had done a test run of this proposition during the presidential campaign in Pennsylvania, but we really haven't seen anything quite to the same scale as what we're witnessing in Wisconsin. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Elon Musk. On Sunday night, Elon Musk went to Green Bay... where he held a rally for Brad Schimel.

He walked out wearing one of those big, yellow, oversized cheeseheads.

He walked out wearing one of those big, yellow, oversized cheeseheads.

Like you see people wearing at Green Bay Packer games and other Wisconsin sporting events.

Like you see people wearing at Green Bay Packer games and other Wisconsin sporting events.