All three Pennsylvanians are registered Republicans and had already returned their mail ballots before receiving Elon Musk's $1 million randomly awarded prize for signing the America PAC petition.

In order to sign the petition and enter the $1m draw, a person must be registered to vote in one of the seven swing states—a potentially tempting offer for an unregistered voter. “Once you start paying people as an incentive or a reward to register to vote,

Elon Musk's pledge to give away $1 million a day to voters for signing his PAC's petition is prompting questions about its legality.

Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaway for voters who sign his free-speech and gun-rights petition falls into a gray area of election law, and legal experts are divided about whether the billionaire supporter of Donald Trump could be running afoul of prohibitions on paying people to register to vote.

On Saturday, Elon Musk announced his plan to give $1 million a day to registered Pennsylvania voters who sign his petition to protect the First and Second Amendments.

While offering money for petition signatures isn't illegal on its own, it could cross the legal line if it's conditioned on voter registration.

Stumping for Trump, the tycoon is embracing a progress-for-its-own-sake vision of the future. Guess who benefits?