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FIRST AT SIX. AND ELON MUSK. THAT GROUP OFFERING WISCONSIN VOTERS CASH FOR SIGNATURES JUST DAYS BEFORE THE PIVOTAL STATE SUPREME COURT ELECTION. YES, A NATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FUNDED BY THE BILLIONAIRE IS BEHIND THE PETITION. 12 NEWS CYREIA SANDLIN EXPLAINS WHY THIS COULD BE AGAINST THE LAW. WITH LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO GO UNTIL ELECTION DAY, IT WAS. IT IS NOT A LIE. A NEW TWIST IN THE WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT RACE. THE ELON MUSK BACKED AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ASKING WISCONSIN VOTERS TO SIGN A PETITION IN OPPOSITION TO ACTIVIST JUDGES. THE REWARD FOR EACH SIGNATURE, $100. IT APPLIES TO CERTAIN, I BELIEVE, DEMOGRAPHIC OF PEOPLE THAT HE’S TRYING TO MOTIVATE TO VOTE. MUSK’S PACS ALREADY SPENDING MORE THAN $13 MILLION IN SUPPORT OF CONSERVATIVE BRAD SCHIMEL ELECTION LAW, ATTORNEY MICHAEL MEISELMAN SAYS THE MOVE COULD LEAD TO A LAWSUIT. WISCONSIN STATUTE 12.11 FORBIDS ANYBODY GETTING ANYTHING OF VALUE IF IT’S MEANT TO GET THEM TO VOTE, PREVENT THEM FROM VOTING. WE SHOWED THE PETITION TO VOTERS HITTING THE POLLS EARLY ON FRIDAY IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE. THEY HAD A LOT TO SAY. THE INFLUENCE PEDDLING THAT IS GOING ON AND THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IS RIDICULOUS. YOU GOT TO PUT YOUR NAME, YOUR CELL PHONE, YOUR MAILING ADDRESS. WOULD YOU GIVE THAT AWAY? NOPE. NO, NO, I DON’T WANT IT IN ANY DATABASES. SO YOU WOULDN’T GIVE ALL THE INFORMATION? NOT THE MUST. NOT TO. ELON. MEISELMAN BELIEVES THAT INFORMATION IS WHAT THE PAC WANTS. WHAT’S WORTH MORE THAN REALLY ANYTHING IS INFORMATION. INFORMATION ABOUT PEOPLE. BECAUSE THEN YOU COULD SELL IT FOR MARKETING PURPOSES. THERE’S NO CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE GROUP, ONLY AN EMAIL IN 12 NEWS HAS YET TO GET A RESPONSE. IF WE SAW SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM A PAC ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POLITICAL AISLE, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? SAME WAY. I MEAN, THE LAW IS THE LAW IN MILWAUKEE. CYREIA SANDLIN WISN 12 NEWS. AND SO IF YOU REMEMBER THE MUSK BACK COMMITTEE USED A SIMILAR TACTIC AHEAD OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, OFFERING $1 MILLION A DAY TO VOTERS IN WISCONSIN AND OTHER BATTLEGROUND STATES WHO SIGNED A PETITION SUPPORTING THE FIRST AND SECOND AMENDMENTS. ELECTION DAY IS APRIL 1ST. WE HAVE A VOTER GUIDE ON THE WISN 12 NEWS APP WITH A LOT OF USEFUL INFORMATION FROM SEEING WHAT’S ON YOUR BALL