{"id":2357799,"date":"2024-10-22T06:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T10:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-wonder-if-elon-musks-1-million-lottery-could-work-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T06:52:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T10:52:20","slug":"republicans-wonder-if-elon-musks-1-million-lottery-could-work-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-wonder-if-elon-musks-1-million-lottery-could-work-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans wonder if Elon Musk\u2019s $1 million lottery could work &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-wonder-if-elon-musks-1-million-lottery-could-work-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2357799&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent \u200bdevelopment, Republicans are expressing skepticism about Elon Musk&#8217;s \u200b$1 million lottery aimed at \u200dincentivizing voter turnout for Donald Trump just weeks before\u200c the election. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">lottery invites registered voters<\/a> in swing states to sign a petition for a chance to\u200b win the\u200c prize, with winners thus far being active Republican voters. \u2064While\u200d Musk has invested\u200b significantly\u200d in the effort, including $30 million in September,\u200d some GOP consultants question whether this \u2062initiative will truly \u2063attract new voters or simply engage existing Trump supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Legal concerns have\u200c emerged over whether Musk&#8217;s sweepstakes might violate \u2064federal \u2062law \u200dby offering incentives for voter registration or voting. \u2062Pennsylvania officials, including Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro, have suggested potential investigations into the \u200dmatter. Although some \u2063Republicans are enthusiastic\u200c about Musk&#8217;s financial contributions, others argue that effective ground operations are more critical for reaching voters. As the election\u2062 approaches and\u2064 early voting is already underway in many states,\u2062 some political experts warn that Musk&#8217;s \u200dcampaign may be a case of too little too late.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republicans concerned Elon Musk&rsquo;s $1 million lottery won&rsquo;t achieve intended purpose<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1841796\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania &mdash; <\/strong>Republicans question whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Elon Musk\">Elon Musk<\/a>&lsquo;s daily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3196651\/battle-billionaires-cuban-musks-giveaway-desperate-campaign-strategy\/\" title=\"$1 million sweepstakes\">$1 million sweepstakes<\/a> that has generated splashy headlines will also generate new voters to turn out for former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> just two weeks before the election. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The billionaire made the announcement over the weekend that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leads-biden-in-five-of-seven-swing-states-poll-finds\/\" title=\"Poll Finds Trump Ahead of Biden in 5 Swing States\">registered swing state voters<\/a> who sign his super PAC&rsquo;s petition would be entered into a daily lottery until Nov. 5 for a chance to become a millionaire. <\/p>\n<p>So far, the three Pennsylvania residents who have won Musk&rsquo;s lottery are registered Republicans who were active voters before winning the sweepstakes, according to state records. The first two winners, John Dreher and Kristine Fishell, had already voted in this year&rsquo;s election. The third winner <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/america\/status\/1848486087468986474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced\">announced<\/a> on Monday, Shannon Tomei, is a registered Republican who already had an approved mail-in ballot request for the 2024 election, per public records.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/america\/status\/1848179817050517567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sweepstakes<\/a> is open to voters in critical swing states like Pennsylvania, Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada, Michigan, or Wisconsin who sign a <a href=\"https:\/\/petition.theamericapac.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>&ldquo;Petition<\/a> in Favor of Free Speech and the Right to Bear Arms&rdquo; by Monday, Oct. 21, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pavoterservices.pa.gov\/pages\/VoterRegistrationApplication.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-81-election-fraud-cases-brought-to-courts-30-active-cases\/\" title=\"Report: 81 election fraud cases brought to courts, 30 active cases\">voter registration deadline<\/a><\/a> in Pennsylvania.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Musk, the SpaceX, Tesla, and X entrepreneur, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3190966\/elon-musk-stumping-donald-trump-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>endorsed <\/a>Trump in July after the former president survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. His PAC has taken over much of Trump&rsquo;s ground operation in key swing states and has made Pennsylvania a focus of his own personal outreach. The billionaire&nbsp;has contributed about $75 million to his America PAC since he founded it in May, including $30 million in September alone, according to Federal Election Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=efiling&amp;committee_id=C00879510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>filings<\/a>, making him one of Trump&rsquo;s largest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/siladityaray\/2024\/10\/21\/trumps-biggest-donor-gave-another-25-million-to-maga-pac-in-september\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"finanical benefacators\">financial benefactors.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Some Republican consultants are unsure whether the giveaway is actually incentivizing a new group of voters or just tapping into an existing group of Trump fans.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a lot of money to be spending and I&rsquo;m seriously uncertain of what exactly Musk is trying to do here,&rdquo; said a GOP consultant based in Pennsylvania, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. &ldquo;It feels like these new people coming in are trying to reinvent the wheel and I guess we won&rsquo;t know if their efforts worked until after the election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Part of me feels like that money would be better used if they invested it into ground game operations in midwestern states, that&rsquo;s a tried and true way of actually getting out the vote.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3189720\/election-2024-mail-in-voting-ballot-tracking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ELECTION 2024: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT MAIL-IN VOTING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While some legal experts claim the contest could be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/USCODE-2023-title52\/pdf\/USCODE-2023-title52-subtitleI-chap103-sec10307.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>violation of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waffle-arizona-house-speaker-claims-they-cant-enforce-constitution-wont-commit-to-calling-legislative-hearing\/\" title=\"WAFFLE: Arizona House Speaker Claims They Can\u2019t Enforce Constitution, Won\u2019t Commit To Calling Legislative Hearing\">federal law<\/a><\/a> that makes it illegal to offer an incentive to register to vote or cast a ballot, other Republicans are skeptical about the impact of Musk&rsquo;s influence.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The jury is still out on whether Elon Musk is just the ultimate fanboy or if he&rsquo;s the ultimate political patron,&rdquo; Dennis Lennox, a Republican consultant, said. &ldquo;At the end of the day, however, he&rsquo;s certainly the dream client for every political consultant, because he literally has billions of dollars and he wants to play.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>With just weeks until election day, Lennox is concerned that it could be too little too late for a flashy giveaway.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It should have been done six months ago,&rdquo; Lennox said. &ldquo;We are now two weeks out from election day. People have been voting for six or seven weeks in some states. In Michigan, over 14 percent of registered voters have cast a ballot. That&rsquo;s over a million votes, and that number is increasing every day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elon Musk brings a child onto stage as he speaks as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-should-run-this-one-video-clip-on-student-loan-forgiveness-from-now-until-november\/\" title=\"Republicans Should Run This One Video Clip on Student Loan Forgiveness From Now Until November\">campaign town hall<\/a> in support of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump in Folsom, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s campaign raised more than three times as much money as the Trump campaign, despite the two candidates remaining in a dead heat in recent polling. Harris for President raised $221.8 million and spent $269.8 million last month and has $187.5 million cash on hand, according to a Federal Election Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00703975\/1833711\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>filing<\/a> released Sunday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s campaign raised $62.7 million in September, ending the month with $119.7 million cash on hand, according to the campaign&rsquo;s FEC <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00828541\/1833824\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>filing<\/a>. The Trump campaign spent $77.6 million.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/pennsylvania-gov-shapiro-law-enforcement-take-look-elon-musk-voter-pay-rcna176279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Meet the Press<\/a> Sunday that the lottery was &ldquo;deeply concerning&rdquo; and suggested law enforcement could investigate it.&nbsp; Some former GOP lawmakers, advisers and Justice Department offices are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate the effort, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/documents\/8f24d8e7-9f44-4ea3-a33d-b7de2187f438.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_2\">letter<\/a> sent to Garland and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2024\/10\/21\/elon-musk-voting-petition-justice-department-trump\/\">obtained <\/a>by the <em>Washington Post.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think people are looking into that,&rdquo; Harris said, when asked specifically about Musk&rsquo;s sweepstakes and the legality surrounding it, speaking to reporters on Monday afternoon. &ldquo;I hear folks are looking into it, based on the stuff you all are reporting.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Republicans on the ground in Pennsylvania are applauding Musk&rsquo;s efforts and believe the cash he&rsquo;s infusing is &ldquo;leveling the playing field&rdquo; with billionaire liberal kingmaker George Soros.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re gonna have a double standard, you gotta allow it. Let the dark money from Soros come in, let the dark money from Elon come in. Level the playing field,&rdquo; said 69-year-old voter Bill from Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Carroll, Bethlehem Republican city chair, said Musk and other surrogates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are helping to broaden the party to Reagan Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Elon Musk is amazing. He&rsquo;s probably one of the smartest men on the face of the planet,&rdquo; Carroll said. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s great what he&rsquo;s doing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former Michigan GOP chair Saul Anuzis called Musk&rsquo;s sweepstakes a &ldquo;brilliant&rdquo; idea.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that the million dollar a day deal probably gets them $10 to $20 million a day worth of pre-earned media, both in the state and elsewhere around the country,&rdquo; Anuzis said. &ldquo;I think it probably has a, you know, fairly large multiplier effect that, you know, only one can guess how big it is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every winner has a human interest story, right? I mean, you know, it&rsquo;s just a great way to tell a story. It&rsquo;s a great way to reflect on why people are supporting Trump and because it&rsquo;s going to get coverage,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1841796\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1841796\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans doubt Elon Musk&#8217;s $1 million lottery will boost Trump voter turnout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2971,"featured_media":2357800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elon-Musk-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32192,21991,5894,3756,32076],"class_list":["post-2357799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-elon-musk","tag-lottery","tag-politics","tag-republicans","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elon-Musk-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2971"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2357799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2357800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2357799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2357799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2357799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}