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Topics: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Politics, Money, Business, Technology, News, US News
Niamh Shackleton
Topics: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Politics, Money, Business, Technology, News, US News
Elon Musk is offering cash incentives in a bid to get people to sign a petition.
Donald Trump-supporter Musk is offering $47 to registered American voters ahead of the election next month if they refer someone to sign an America PAC petition - a political action committee founded by the tech billionaire.
The aim is to get one million people to pledge their support for the First and Second Amendments of the United States Constitution.
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For those of you who are unaware what the two amendments stand for, the First Amendment was set in place to protect people's freedoms when it comes to speech, religion, the press, assembly and petition.
Meanwhile, the Second Amendment protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
To get the money, a person must sign the petition for themselves, before going to to refer one other person to do so as well, with $47 per person you refer.
The petition is aimed at swing states in the US, America PAC explains.
Part of the petition reads: "Our goal is to get 1 million registered voters in swing states to sign in support of the Constitution, especially freedom of speech and the right to bare arms.
"This program is exclusively open to registered voters in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina."
The offer expires on October 21.
Musk himself has posted about the petition and labeled the referral scheme as 'easy money'.
"For every person you refer who is a swing state voter, you get $47! Easy money," he wrote while resharing a person's screengrab on the petition.
Musk's financial offer has raised some eyebrows, with some on X accusing Musk of 'paying for votes' and even 'election interference'.
However, it's only illegal in the US to pay people to register to vote or voting in federal elections.
Financial incentives for petition signing is allowed, Economic Times reports.
If he gets voted back into office, Trump has expressed his intentions of making Musk lead of government efficiency commission that the billionaire has been encouraging the former president to take on.
"I will create a government efficiency commission tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government, and making recommendations for drastic reforms," Trump said at a campaign event at the Economic Club of New York last month, as per The Guardian.
Posting about Trump's sentiments on Twitter, Musk penned: "I look forward to serving America if the opportunity arises. No pay, no title, no recognition is needed."