Musk deleted a vote-buying tweet because it's a felony under Wisconsin law

[highplainsdem]

He later posted a revised tweet.

MeidasTouch posts on Bluesky:

https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com/post/3llgywxbzys2s

https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com/post/3llhe2ypkb22m

https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com/post/3llhfcbjsn22m


Original Musk tweet, highlighted screenshot posted by MeidasTouch:

Replacement:

[redstatebluegirl]

1. It will not stop him from doing it.

The law means nothing to this SA.

[nilram]

2. The last one he did like this was rigged.

It was decided beforehand who got the money.

[riversedge]

3. I saw his post last night and tons of folks had been asking How is this legal!

[EndlessWire]

4. Deleting or revising the post doesn't change things

Is WI gonna file a criminal charge against him, or not? I don't know WI law; does it not count if he doesn't end up doing it? Thousands must have read those posts. Soliciting votes for money has got to be wrong. I think the crime is done! Do a felony, get arrested. That's how it should work. A warrant for your thoughts, President Musk.

[Initech]

5. Seriously, why isn't Wisconsin putting a stop to this?

[cbabe]

6. Wisconsin ag response

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220185373

[Butterflylady]

7. Didn't he do this in PA.......

[WarGamer]

11. Yes and the Judge gave him a pass.

[JoseBalow]

8. Blah blah, lock him up, etcetera and so on...

Aw fuck it, just keep doing whatever you want.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed a lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court seeking to block Elon Musk

A lawsuit has been filed. This judge will withdraw but another judge will step in. Musk will still have to answer

Link to tweet

[LessAspin]

10. Emboldened

When he got away with it in the Presidential Election

Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin.

You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰

#VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍

This is super important.

https://bsky.app/profile/stephenking.bsky.social/post/3llhzw5r75c2z

[Emile]

12. Unbelievable, they don't even try to hide their corruption.

[Wiz Imp]

13. The revised tweet may "technically" be legal in Wisconsin

Some states have laws prohibiting offering anything of value for signing a petition, but Wisconsin is not one of them (and there is no federal law prohibiting it either).

However, the original tweet absolutely was illegal. Federal law makes it illegal to offer anything of value to vote - it's vote buying.

The petition offer is in reality vote buying too, as he plans on using the signatures on the petition to target people and make sure they vote for the Republican. I'm not a lawyer so I don't know if the way he is doing it is just enough to skirt the vote buying laws, but if I were AG I would charge him regardless.