Elon Musk offers $1M giveaway for swing state voters who sign PAC petition

globalnews.ca:

Billionaire Elon Musk is once again using his extraordinary wealth to influence the presidential race between Republican nominee Donald Trump and rival Kamala Harris.

On Saturday, the Tesla and SpaceX founder promised to give away US$1 million each day until November’s election to a registered voter in key swing states who signs his online petition supporting the U.S. Constitution, “in favor of free speech and the right to bear arms.”

Every day, from now through Nov 5, <a href=«https://twitter.com/america?ref_src=» https:>@America

PAC will be giving away $1M to someone in swing states who signed our petition to support free speech & the right to bear arms!

We want to make sure that everyone in swing states hears about this and I suspect this will ensure they do.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=«https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1847856712914555061?ref_src=» https:>October 20, 2024

He said the award will be given to a random signee of the conservative-leaning petition, which was released by his campaign group, America PAC, which he set up to support Trump’s bid to return to the White House.

And he made good on his monetary promise Saturday, handing over the substantial cheque to an attendee at a town hall event on Saturday night.

The winner was a man named John Dreher, according to event staff.

The goal of the $1M/day prize is to maximize awareness of our petition to support The Constitution https://t.co/2zamrgJLuW

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=«https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1847902560750846168?ref_src=» https:>October 20, 2024

“By the way, John had no idea. So anyway, you’re welcome,” the Tesla founder said as he handed Dreher the cheque.

Musk has said he’s aiming to get at least one million signatures on his