Musk Sued by Wisconsin AG Over Plan to Pay $2 Million to Voters

Elon Musk’s plan to hand out $1 million checks to two residents for participating in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election is barred by state law, a new complaint said Friday.

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul sued Musk in state court, seeking to temporarily restrain Musk from further promoting his promise to give away two $1 million checks or making any further payments to Wisconsin voters. Wisconsin law prohibits offering anything of value to an elector in order to induce their voting behavior, Kaul said in the Dane County Circuit Court lawsuit.

“The Wisconsin Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that elections in Wisconsin are safe, secure, free, and fair,” Kaul said in a statement on X.

Musk said in a now-deleted post on X on Thursday that he was going to “hand over checks” worth $1 million at his March 30 speaking event in Wisconsin to two people to thank them for “taking the time to vote,” the complaint said. The original post allegedly said that entrance is limited to “those who voted” in Wisconsin’s April 1 supreme court election.

Musk clarified his statement in a new post on X Friday, saying the checks would be given for being spokespeople for his political action committee, America PAC. He further clarified that entrance to his speaking event would be “limited to those who have signed” America PAC’s petition in opposition to “activist judges.”

Musk didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.

Kaul also included America PAC as a co-defendant, alleging they have offered $100 payments to any Wisconsin registered voter who signs the petition. America PAC announced Thursday that it had already given $1 million to a Wisconsin voter who signed the petition.

Judge Susan Crawford and former Wisconsin Attorney General Judge Brad Schimel are running for a 10-year term on the state’s supreme court on April 1.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice represents Kaul.

The case is Kaul v. Musk, C.C.D. Wis., complaint 3/28/25.