GoKawiilElon Musk settles Arizona lawsuits over 2024 $1M voter giveaway
Elon Musk has agreed to settle two lawsuits filed by Arizona residents in Austin, Texas over his 2024 promise to give $1 million daily to randomly selected registered voters in swing states. The settlement terms have not been disclosed. The plaintiffs alleged the drawings weren't actually random and that they wouldn't have signed the required petition had they known this.
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The plaintiffs' claims suggest the giveaway may have served as a mechanism to collect voter data through petition sign-ups, with few stated limits on how America PAC could use or sell that information. Because settlement terms are undisclosed, it remains unclear whether Musk admitted any wrongdoing or whether this resolves broader questions about the legality of his 2024 election-season giveaway tactics.
- Musk settled two lawsuits over his 2024 $1M-a-day voter giveaway
- Plaintiffs alleged the lottery wasn't actually random as claimed
- Settlement details remain undisclosed, leaving data-use concerns unresolved
Source: theverge.com — Terrence O'Brien, 2026-10-17
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