3-24-25 musk group offers $100 to wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state supreme court election
todayMarch 21, 2025
Former Wisconsin Attorney General and state Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel, middle, greets Donald Trump Jr., as Charlie Kirk looks on during a town hall Monday, March 17, 2025, in Oconomowoc, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to “activist judges.” The move comes two weeks before the state’s high stakes Supreme Court election and after Musk’s political action committee made a similar proposal last year in battleground states. Musk’s political action committee America PAC announced the petition in a post on X on Thursday night. The campaign for Susan Crawford, the Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court, says Musk is trying to buy votes ahead of the April 1 election. Musk and Republicans back Crawford’s opponent Brad Schimel.
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