Elon buying votes for Trump (more specifically paying people to register to vote). Might be time to pile into Tesla stock. Billionaires don’t play by our rules so he’ll be fine especially with a Trump pardon.
“Federal law makes it unlawful in an election in which there is a federal contest on the ballot (e.g., President, U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative) to knowingly and willfully pay, offer to pay, or accept payment for registering to vote or for voting. (52 U.S.C. §10307(c).) Violations are punishable by a fine up to $10,000 or imprisonment for up to five years, or both”
Actual law:
“Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false in-
formation as to his name, address or period of
residence in the voting district for the purpose
of establishing his eligibility to register or vote,
or conspires with another individual for the pur-
pose of encouraging his false registration to
vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or
accepts payment either for registration to vote
or for voting shall be fined not more than $10,000
or imprisoned not more than five years, or both:
Provided, however, That this provision shall be
applicable only to general, special, or primary
elections held solely or in part for the purpose of
selecting or electing any candidate for the office
of President, Vice President, presidential elec-
tor, Member of the United States Senate, Mem-
ber of the United States House of Representa-
tives, Delegate from the District of Columbia,
Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Com-
missioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.”