{"id":16465,"date":"2024-11-06T03:37:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T02:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/06\/elon-musk-sued-over-1m-a-day-election-giveaway\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T03:37:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T02:37:25","slug":"elon-musk-sued-over-1m-a-day-election-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/06\/elon-musk-sued-over-1m-a-day-election-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk sued over $1m-a-day election giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Complaint alleges Musk\u2019s America Pac deceived voters by falsely claiming prize winners would be chosen at random<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2024\/nov\/05\/presidential-election-harris-trump-polls-results-live-updates\">US election 2024 \u2013 live updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint, filed by 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\u2019s own attorneys said in court that the sweepstakes\u2019 results were not random; they disclosed that the winners were chosen to be spokespeople for the group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2024\/nov\/05\/us-election-2024-live-updates-donald-trump-vs-kamala-harris-results-presidential-elections-day-latest-news-polls-update\">US election 2024 live updates: latest polls, results and news<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/04\/when-do-polls-close-election-day\">When do polls close<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>How the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/01\/election-electoral-college-votes-explained\">electoral college works<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/sep\/26\/election-abortion-ballot-measures-states\">Where is abortion on the ballot?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/sep\/18\/senate-races-elections-to-watch\">Senate<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/jun\/11\/house-races-2024-elections-explainer\">House<\/a> races to watch<\/p>\n<p>Lessons from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/26\/swing-state-polls-pennsylvania-michigan-georgia-arizona-wisconsin-nevada-north-carolina\">key swing states<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/03\/election-trump-harris-policies-issues\">Trump v Harris on key issues<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2024\/nov\/03\/if-trump-wins-the-election-these-11-issues-will-be-under-threat\">What\u2019s at stake<\/a> in this election<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2024\/nov\/03\/us-presidential-election-trump-harris\">What to know about the US election<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/nov\/05\/elon-musk-america-pac-election-giveaway-lawsuit\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fa1bd746df41c015e821af78d422d806629377af\/0_216_4807_2884\/master\/4807.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4fad402c4cdeabafae6b4e7912ad55fe\" title=\"Elon Musk sued over $1m-a-day election giveaway\" \/>Complaint alleges Musk\u2019s America Pac deceived voters by falsely claiming prize winners would be chosen at random<br \/>\nUS election 2024 \u2013 live updates<br \/>\nElon 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.<br \/>\nThe complaint, filed by 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\u2019s own attorneys said in court that the sweepstakes\u2019 results were not random; they disclosed that the winners were chosen to be spokespeople for the group.<br \/>\nUS election 2024 live updates: latest polls, results and news<br \/>\nWhen do polls close?<br \/>\nHow the electoral college works<br \/>\nWhere is abortion on the ballot?<br \/>\nSenate and House races to watch<br \/>\nLessons from the key swing states<br \/>\nTrump v Harris on key issues<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s at stake in this election<br \/>\nWhat to know about the US election Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complaint alleges Musk\u2019s America Pac deceived voters by falsely claiming prize winners would be chosen at random US election 2024 \u2013 live updates 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 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/06\/elon-musk-sued-over-1m-a-day-election-giveaway\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Elon Musk sued over $1m-a-day election giveaway<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16465"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}