Wisconsin’s attorney general asks the state Supreme Court to stop Musk’s $1 million payments

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s attorney general on Sunday asked the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters, a request that came hours before President Donald Trump’s ally planned the giveaway at an evening rally.

Two lower courts already rejected the legal challenge by Democrat Josh Kaul, who argues that Musk’s offer violates a state law prohibiting giving anything of value in exchange for a vote.

“Wisconsin law prohibits offering anything of value to induce anyone to vote,” Kaul argued in his filing. “Yet, Elon Musk did just that.”

Wisconsin’s tightly contested Supreme Court election, where ideological control of the

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