PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes that Elon Musk ‘s political action committee is hosting in swing states can continue through Tuesday’s presidential election, a Pennsylvania judge ruled Monday.
Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta — ruling after Musk’s lawyers said the winners are paid spokespeople and not chosen by chance — did not immediately explain his reasoning.
“The $1 million recipients are not chosen by chance,” Gober said Monday.
AP AUDIO: Musk PAC tells Philadelphia judge the $1 million sweepstakes winners are not chosen by chance With reporters outside the courtroom in Philadelphia, Chris Gober, an attorney representing Elon Musk’s political action committee, says the $1 million dollar sweepstakes Musk has been conducting is legal.
Krasner’s team called Musk “the heartbeat of America PAC,” and the person announcing the winners and presenting the checks.
Foglietta presided over the case at Philadelphia City Hall after Musk and the PAC lost an effort to move it to federal court.
He also owns the social media platform X, where America PAC has published posts on the sweepstakes, and the rocket ship maker SpaceX. »
