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To individuals who are in swing states and aren't registered to vote. If the constitutional petition is so important why restrict it those individuals?

Because it's really about getting people who are likely to vote trump and who have a chance to make a difference.

> To individuals who are in swing states and aren't registered to vote.

The $1 million lottery reward is only for people who have signed the petition and have registered to vote, so some people who signed the petition could have registered before Elon Musk started the petition and lottery.

So what? The question isn't whether Enron Musk might be using his money to influence the outcome of an election in a way that's sub optimal, which is what you've shown. The question is whether he might be using his money to influence the outcome of an election, which is what I've shown.

The article does not say he gave the money to Trump voters.

The article says he gave it to voters, which is not true. It was not a requirement to vote in order to get the money.

Since Elon endorses Trump, I wrote "Trump" voters, but I guess you're right, I should have just written "voters".

"Voters" in this context means "registered voters", which America PAC does require people to be to get the money.

Quoth https://petition.theamericapac.org/:

> To be eligible, both the referrer and the petition signer must be registered voters of Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin.

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