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威斯康星州选举委员会认定，亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克可能违反了该州选举贿赂法，此前他在威斯康星州最高法院选举期间向选民提供100万美元支票，马斯克的政治行动委员会曾在此次选举中投入巨资。
该委员会由三名共和党人和三名民主党人组成，委员会通讯主任埃米莉·米克拉斯告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，委员会于上周四以5票赞成、1票反对的结果，将两名选民针对马斯克的两起投诉移交布朗县地区检察官办公室。
委员会通过的一项动议认定，有“合理理由”认定马斯克违反了州法律，该法律规定，为诱使他人投票而向其提供“任何有价值的东西”属于犯罪行为。
目前尚不清楚负责覆盖绿湾地区的布朗县地区检察官戴维·拉西是否计划提起诉讼。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已联系拉西和马斯克置评。
这起法律投诉围绕马斯克颇具争议的做法展开：向签署其政治团体请愿书的特定选民提供现金赠品。这一做法始于马斯克支持特朗普2024年总统竞选期间，并延续至威斯康星州2025年4月的司法选举。
在威斯康星州，马斯克的美国政治行动委员会于去年年初向三名签署了反对“激进法官”请愿书的选民发放了100万美元支票。在此次选举中，马斯克及其团队斥巨资支持共和党 endorsed 的布拉德·希梅尔竞选州最高法院席位，但希梅尔最终输给了民主党 endorsed 的苏珊·克劳福德法官。
当时，民主党籍威斯康星州总检察长乔希·考尔提起诉讼，试图阻止马斯克发放这笔款项，指控他为诱导选民投票而向他人提供金钱，违反了州法律。马斯克的律师辩称，这位亿万富翁正在行使其言论自由权。州最高法院最终拒绝受理此案，选举前几天的一场集会上，马斯克向两名被其政治行动委员会任命为发言人的选民发放了巨型仿真支票。
选举结束后，一个倡导团体在州法院起诉马斯克和美国政治行动委员会，辩称现金赠品违反了州选举贿赂法，且构成未经授权的彩票活动。马斯克的法律团队已申请驳回该诉讼，目前案件仍在审理中。
马斯克还因在2024年总统大选期间向多个摇摆州的选民提供赠品而受到审查。民主党籍费城地区检察官拉里·克拉斯特纳起诉马斯克，指控其向宾夕法尼亚州选民提供每日100万美元支票的行为违反了州选举和彩票法，尽管马斯克的律师辩称这一策略属于受保护的“核心政治言论”。一名法官允许该筹款活动继续进行。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/why-musk-is-pumping-millions-into-a-wisconsin-supreme-court-seat-election/
Elon Musk may have broken election law by offering $1 million checks to voters, Wisconsin board finds
July 14, 2026 / 7:05 PM EDT / CBS News
The Wisconsin Elections Commission found that billionaire Elon Musk may have violated the state’s election bribery law by offering $1 million checks to voters during a Wisconsin Supreme Court election that Musk’s political action committee spent heavily in.
The commission — which is made up of three Republicans and three Democrats — voted 5-1 last Thursday to refer two complaints filed by voters against Musk to the Brown County District Attorney’s office, commission Communications Director Emilee Miklas told CBS News.
A motion approved by the committee found “probable cause” that Musk violated a state law that makes it a crime to offer a person “anything of value” to induce them to vote.
It is unclear whether Brown County District Attorney David Lasee — the top prosecutor in the county that covers Green Bay — plans to pursue charges.
CBS News has reached out to Lasee and Musk for comment.
The legal complaint revolves around Musk’s controversial practice of offering cash giveaways to certain voters who sign his political group’s petitions — a practice that started when Musk backed President Trump’s 2024 campaign and continued during Wisconsin’s April 2025 judicial election.
In Wisconsin, Musk’s America PAC awarded $1 million checks early last year to three voters who signed a petition against “activist judges.” In that race, Musk and his group had spent millions backing GOP-endorsed Judge Brad Schimel’s campaign for a seat on the state Supreme Court, though Schimel lost to Democratic-endorsed Judge Susan Crawford.
At the time, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, sued to stop Musk from making the payments, accusing him of violating state law by offering people money to vote. Musk’s lawyers argued the billionaire was exercising his right to free speech. The state’s highest court ultimately declined to take up the issue, and at a rally several days before the election, Musk handed out giant novelty checks to a pair of voters who were dubbed spokespeople for his political action committee.
Elon Musk gives a $1 million check made to the order of Nicholas Jacobs during a town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin on March 30, 2025. ROBIN LEGRAND/AFP via Getty Images
After the election, an advocacy group sued Musk and America PAC in state court, arguing the cash giveaways violated the state’s election bribery statute and constituted an unauthorized lottery. Musk’s legal team has sought dismissal of the suit. It is still pending.
Musk also drew scrutiny for offering giveaways in multiple swing states during the 2024 presidential election. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a Democrat, sued Musk for offering daily $1 million checks to Pennsylvania voters, arguing they violated state election and lottery laws, though Musk’s lawyers argued the strategy was protected as “core political speech.” A judge allowed the payouts to continue.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/why-musk-is-pumping-millions-into-a-wisconsin-supreme-court-seat-election/
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