Key Facts

• Elon Musk gave out $1 million to voters before the 2025 Wisconsin state supreme court election.
• The Wisconsin Elections Commission has three Democrats and three Republicans; they voted 5-1 to send complaints to the Brown County district attorney.
• The panel said there is probable cause that Musk’s cash gifts broke Wisconsin’s election bribery laws.
• Wisconsin law prohibits giving anything valuable to voters to influence their vote.
• Three voters received checks from Musk, including two at a rally in Green Bay.
• The state’s Democratic attorney general tried to stop Musk from giving the checks, but the Wisconsin Supreme Court refused to intervene before the rally.
• Musk and supporting groups spent over $20 million last year supporting a conservative candidate in the same kind of court election.
• Musk’s related political action committee used money offers to encourage voters to sign petitions about judges and constitutional rights before recent elections.