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Elon Musk is offering people $1 million to vote


It might be against the law, and it might not matter.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk gave a $1 million check to an audience member at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he’s been Trump-stumping, on Saturday. Musk could be trusting that Trump, who has pardoned allies and is unlikely to let the DOJ punish a major donor, will win and make the legal questions irrelevant. But conversely, it’s an open question how much Musk’s sweepstakes will help Trump — and whether it can make up for rumored weaknesses in the candidate’s traditional campaign ground game.

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