Zander Mundy was midway through a typical day at his office when he heard the news: tech billionaire Elon Musk was speaking at a nearby school in the town of Folsom, in the US state of Pennsylvania. "When is the richest guy in the world in town?

Legal experts question the billionaire’s plan to hand out huge payments in battleground states as part of a get-out-the-vote drive.

Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaway for voters who sign his free-speech and gun-rights petition falls into a gray area of election law, and legal experts are divided about whether the billionaire supporter of Donald Trump could be running afoul of prohibitions on paying people to register to vote.

Stumping for Trump, the tycoon is embracing a progress-for-its-own-sake vision of the future. Guess who benefits?

Billionaire Elon Musk says he will be randomly picking a person in a swing state, who signs his online petition, to give $1 million to.

As the election looms, Elon Musk ramps up his support for Donald Trump’s campaign through his super PAC – and now by promising millions in direct giveaways. Pennsylvania’s governor called on law enforcement to investigate the legality of Mr.

The 1% don’t serve anybody but themselves.” The ad then flashes footage of a grinning, tuxedo-clad swell meant to personify the greedy billionaires who Buddy says don’t “pay their fair share” of taxes—it isn’t Trump but Elon Musk.

The potential issue stems from the fact that giveaway participants must be registered voters: It's illegal to pay people to register to vote.