At least two Pennsylvania voters received an $100 check with the memo line containing "America PAC," the name of Elon Musk's pro-Trump super PAC.

Summary

Two Pennsylvania voters, Austin Gwiazdowski and Jeanne Fermier, received $100 checks from Elon Musk’s pro-Trump “America PAC” despite not signing the PAC’s petition, which was required to qualify for payments.

The petition aimed to gather support for the First and Second Amendments and facilitate pro-Trump outreach.

Both voters expressed confusion and refused to cash the checks.

The PAC, funded by Musk, mailed 187,000 checks as part of efforts to boost Trump’s Pennsylvania support, while Musk’s political influence continues to rise.

  • Zier@fedia.io
    13·
    3 hours ago

    18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting

    Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 721; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(12), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)

  • PunnyName@lemmy.world
    871·
    12 hours ago

    What sucks: for the last 4 fucking years, we’ve had a constant stream of bullshit about “cheating and fraud” from Fuckface 45 and his cronies. It’s now normalized to call into question election integrity, so even if they actually fucked with the election, it’s highly unlikely anyone could figure out anything.

    Thanks, exhaustion.

      • PunnyName@lemmy.world
        62·
        8 hours ago

        I guess. But he “won” in 2016 and didn’t bitch about election fraud or cheating. Strange, that.

    • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
      42·
      12 hours ago

      pollute the waters so much you can’t find anything. pretty much how it goes.

      notice how all the whining about cheating and fraud all just stopped once the cheater ‘won’.

  • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
    104·
    14 hours ago

    187,000 counts of trying to buy votes.

    penalty: a lecture about the lowball offers.

  • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
    16·
    13 hours ago

    Nothing could make me happier than the opportunity to take a hundred bucks from Musk that he himself accidentally sent to me.

    Alright, plenty of things could make me happier. But it would still make me pretty happy.

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
      9·
      11 hours ago

      Just as likely he’s now sending a pittance to other people in order to say he wasn’t targeting a group. You can send out a LOT of hundred dollar bills before you approach a billion.