A group of appeals court judges denied Wisconsin Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul’s petition to immediately step in and block billionaire Elon Musk from giving $2 million to two Wisconsin voters ahead of the critical Wisconsin Supreme Court race Tuesday. Musk, the billionaire who is backing conservative candidate Brad Schimel, has a planned town hall Sunday night in Green Bay.Schimel is running against liberal candidate Susan Crawford. Musk initially announced Thursday on social media that he would “personally hand over two checks for a million dollars each” to voters who participated in the Supreme Court election.His political action committee had already awarded $1 million to Scott Ainsworth, a mechanical engineer from Green Bay, for signing its petition.Musk deleted the post Friday and later clarified that the money would go to people who would serve as “spokesmen” for an online petition against “activist judges.”Wisconsin law makes it a felony to offer anything of value to induce a voter to cast a ballot or refrain from voting. Violators can face fines up to $10,000, imprisonment up to three-and-a-half years, or both.Kaul initially filed a lawsuit Friday afternoon seeking to block Musk from distributing those million-dollar payments.”The Wisconsin Department of Justice is
Appeals Court denies AG Kaul's effort to stop Elon Musk's payments – EVOL
