Complaint alleges Musk’s America Pac deceived voters by falsely claiming prize
winners would be chosen at random
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Elon Musk was sued in a proposed class action on Tuesday by registered voters
who signed his petition to support the constitution for a chance to win his
$1m-a-day giveaway, and now claim it was a fraud.
The complaint, filed by the Arizona resident Jacqueline McAferty in federal
court, said Musk and his America Pac organization falsely induced voters to sign
a petition by claiming they would choose winners by chance. In fact, members of
the Pac selected the winners, the suit alleges. Musk’s own attorneys said in
court that the sweepstakes’ results were not random; they disclosed that the
winners were chosen to be spokespeople for the group.
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Feed is rife with posts of individuals deemed suspicious and calls for doxxing
with little evidence provided of fault
While Elon Musk faces his own election integrity questions offline, the X owner
has deputized his followers to spot and report any “potential instances of voter
fraud and irregularities”. The community he spawned is rife with unfounded
claims passed off as evidence of voter fraud.
Musk opted not to show up to a required court appearance Thursday in
Philadelphia to respond to a lawsuit challenging his political action
committee’s daily $1m voter giveaway. Meanwhile, online, he has started a
dedicated community space on X, formerly Twitter, where he’s asked users to
share any issues they see while voting. Users posting on the self-contained
feed, the “election integrity community”, quickly began pointing out what they
deemed as evidence of fraud and election interference.
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Pair stream themselves playing Madden in effort to secure votes just nine days
before election
Vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
on Sunday streamed themselves playing an American football video game against
each other on Sunday as the two Democrats continued their party’s efforts to
secure votes from young men just nine days before the White House election.
During the stream of their showdown on the latest edition of the Madden game
series, Ocasio-Cortez and Walz exalted the importance of regaining Democratic
control of the US House, maintaining a majority in the Senate and ensuring
Kamala Harris wins the 5 November presidential election against Donald Trump.
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Plus: World of Warcraft, polling and cats
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Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m Blake Montgomery, technology news editor at
the Guardian US. Today in TechScape I’m deciphering Elon Musk’s global political
goals, a remarkable documentary filmed within World of Warcraft, polling on
support for school phone bans, and cats on TikTok. Thank you for joining me.
First, let’s talk about Musk’s global politics.
Over the weekend, Musk pledged to give away $1m a day to registered voters in
battleground states in the US who sign his Pac’s petition in support of the
first and second amendments. He awarded the first prize, a novelty check the
size of a kitchen island, at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday and the second on
Sunday in Pittsburgh. He says he’ll keep doing it until the election on 5
November. The stunt is potentially illegal, experts say.
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