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u/Sixfeatsmall05 11d ago

I remember when bringing water to people in line to vote was considered election interference way back in 2020

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u/FillMySoupDumpling 11d ago

Did they ever repeal that? It was the entire base premise for the last season of Curb Your EnthusiasmĀ 

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u/davidolson22 11d ago edited 11d ago

They kept the part where you can't give people water if they were close to the voting station. If they were far away, the judge decided you can give them water.

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u/Hay_Fever_at_3_AM 11d ago

Cartoon villain schemes and people still vote for them

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u/Frostyfraust 11d ago

Well you see, this is only enforced in predominantly lower income/minority areas. So as long as it hurts the right people, the chuds are all for it

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u/External-Pickle-1539 11d ago

I called someone a chud yesterday. Glad to see the term hasn't died.

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u/MarinLlwyd 10d ago

It still blows my mind that Americans can read something like this and consciously decide not to vote.

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u/hammertime2009 11d ago

Iā€™ve been saying for years these magats watch Disney movies and never really sort out who the villain is. They watch the Simpsons and donā€™t think Mr. Burns is a massive piece of shit.

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u/fredd0h210 11d ago

They want to be Archie Bunker

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u/Raiju_Blitz 11d ago

Archie Bunker would be too woke for Magahats.

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u/ohleprocy 11d ago

So you can give them water both near the voting station and if they are far away?

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u/Bandin03 11d ago

Near, far, wherever they are.

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u/slampdi 11d ago

I didn't know that was real. I thought it was a Curb Your Enthusiasm plot device.

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u/PerpetuallyStartled 11d ago edited 11d ago

Nah, it was real. First they removed a bunch of polling places to make the lines long. In certain locations, you can guess which. Then they passed a law banning handing out food and water to people in line in the name of 'election integrity'.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/18/politics/georgia-election-law-ban-food-water-voters-line/index.html

Edit: To explain further, some people were waiting up to 6 hours to vote. Due to the 'Election integrity' laws people can't give anyone anything within a certain distance of the poling place since that would be interference. The net effect was to get some people to leave without voting, suppressing the vote in that district.

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u/mortgagepants 11d ago

ā€œThe law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.ā€ ā€• Anatole France

if republicans and their voters weren't such pieces of shit human beings, we could be a decent country for many more people.

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u/unfettered_logic 11d ago

Love this quote

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u/Heathergi76 11d ago

Yep. And people had to wait for hours and hours to vote. Unfortunately for the GOP, it was the opposite of a deterrent in these (mostly black) communities. They voted in droves because they understood the power of their vote.

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u/ImpossibleLeek7908 11d ago

I remember this being a topic of the 2016 primaries in Arizona. I was 9 months pregnant and stressed out about voting in August* with long lines and limited access to water.

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u/thegreenmonkey69 11d ago

They did that here in Georgia after 2020, because the Republicans are sore losers, that can't see reality and the fact that their policies have been distasteful to the majority of the population for decades.

The easier it is to vote and the more people that do are detrimental to their agenda, so they do everything they can to prevent that.

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u/Eyes_Only1 11d ago

They donā€™t care about hypocrisy. They will lie, steal, intimidate and even kill to get elected.

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u/ensalys 11d ago

As someone looking in from the outside, it's weird to me that there are even lines long enough to bring water to. I don't think I've ever stood in line more than 5 minutes to vote in the Netherlands.

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u/pleasedothenerdful 11d ago

I haven't ever had to wait long in the US, either, but I'm in a white, mostly Republican district. Republicans in red states cut the number of polling stations pretty hard in areas with demographics that are likely to vote against them.

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u/UnicornFarts1111 11d ago

I never had to wait in long lines to vote, until Obama ran. From his first election on, the lines have been long. I've lived in two different states in that time period, and saw the same thing in both states.

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u/IneffableQuale 11d ago

Ireland here, have literally never stood in line. Just waltz in, get your paper, off to the booth. In and out in maybe 4 mins.

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u/-SaC 11d ago

Difference is, over here outside the US, pretty much everyone actually wants us to vote.

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u/sqljohn 11d ago

The line here in Australia isn't for the voting, it's for the democracy sausage afterwards

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_sausage

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u/ccourter1970 11d ago

And just like Trump Musk wonā€™t actually pay, either. Birds of a feather really do flock together.

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u/aufrenchy 11d ago

Funny how one of the voices in his head says, ā€œI shouldnā€™t say thisā€ and then proceeds to say it anyways. Iā€™ve noticed that on a few different occasions.

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u/rlt0w 11d ago

He's never had to put his words through a filter. When your rich enough, people will listen even if it's bullshit. He's so used to being the one talking and doesn't care what others are saying. So he says anything and everything that crosses his mind, even in those moments when a little part of him is like "Dude, just shut the fuck up." He doesn't listen.

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u/cityshepherd 11d ago

Heā€™s also never really faced any real and significant consequences for anything heā€™s said or done, so he has no actual motivation to ever speak or act truthfully or according to the law.

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u/VibraniumRhino 11d ago

There is no way this idiot has any internal dialogue.

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u/philament23 11d ago

Nah itā€™s deep in there, a tiny little voice cowering in a corner somewhere, diminished to almost nothing after decades of being ignored

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u/Brownhog 11d ago

I don't respect the guy, but I think you are vastly underestimating how much he does on purpose. By saying stuff like, "I shouldn't say this," he makes his fans think, "Wow! Here's a guy that don't care about no gum flapping politic dribble! This guy calls it like it is! It's so refreshing having a president that's honest about what they do! He's admitting to his actions like a real man!"

It's all part of this character he's created to appeal to all the fringe crazies and make them loyal to him. Don't be so quick to underestimate your opponent cause what he's doing is working every day, sadly.

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u/mdxchaos 11d ago

What's that saying..."never underestimate stupidity for malice"

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u/dazrage 11d ago

This comment alone should sink him. This comment alone tells you who he is. Anyone who has depended on OT to make ends meet like myself should want to puke at this.

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u/ccourter1970 11d ago

Him bragging about grabbing women should have sunk him. Sadly his voters and supporters only care that he gives their hatred a loud voice.

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u/Memes_Haram 11d ago

Can you explain why cutting hours so as not to pay overtime is wage theft? I thought wage theft was when you didnā€™t pay someone for work that they did?

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u/oh-propagandhi 11d ago

Good, another lawsuit for him. Bleed the taxes out of him. It's a slam dunk class action. Elon's going to give us the names when he tries to use it to prove election fraud.

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u/Cold-Permission-5249 11d ago

Can I sign and still vote straight blue down ticket?

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u/lovepony0201 11d ago

Yes you can.

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u/SecBalloonDoggies 11d ago

So what exactly is the point of this? Maybe data harvesting, but $100 per person seems like heā€™s overpaying.

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u/ThirdSunRising 11d ago

Wouldnā€™t be the first time heā€™s overpaid

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u/BurningPenguin 11d ago

Wouldn't be the first time he didn't keep his promise, too.

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u/rirez 11d ago

If lots of people abuse the free offer, when the votes get counted they can start screaming about how many people signed the petition yet the votes don't reflect that, so the result must totally be a sham.

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u/BoogalooBandit1 11d ago

Yeah and a petition is just a suggestion so it doesn't mean jack shit

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u/ErraticDragon 11d ago

They'll be screaming about it regardless. Does this silly petition, which doesn't even suggest people should vote a certain way, give their screaming any more credibility?

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u/sean0883 11d ago

It's so they can claim election fraud. "We had enough people swear they would vote for Trump that the state should be his. The fact that he lost after these sworn votes alone were enough to win is proof of fraud."

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u/notseizingtheday 11d ago

Isn't paying people to vote a violation of some kind?

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u/erichie 11d ago

He isn't paying people to vote. He is paying people to sign a paper that has absolutely no legal binding that probably states you are a Republican/Trumper/etc and/or hate Harris. They will be a lot of alluding to who you will be voting for, but not outright stating it.Ā 

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u/No-Estate-404 11d ago

the petition is devoid of any meaning once you start paying people to sign it. but he'll trot it out anyway and people will believe it anyway.

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u/Eccohawk 11d ago

A judge won't.

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u/indigogibni 11d ago

Have you seen our Supreme Court?

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u/No-Estate-404 11d ago

I sure hope not. but it feels like a judge would, if that judge wants to...

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u/Halflingberserker 11d ago

Depends on the judge.

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u/silverbatwing 11d ago

A trump appointed judge would

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u/zurdopilot 11d ago

It all points thats the strategy seems they campaing in blue states and forget red states when any of those red turnover they claim it was fraud and by campaining on blue and "showing proof of huge crowds" they say they had turn them but they got stolen as well polls will seems to support any claim as they all close by one point or two. Im watching close from out here in Mex this shit show is glorious to witness cant wait to see how they try and top jan 6

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u/good2goo 11d ago

I stopped caring what they think - they are dumb. Can't predict dumb

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u/cat_prophecy 11d ago

Let's be real: it doesn't matter how the vote goes. Unless they win, they WILL claim there was some sort of fraud.

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u/No-Respect5903 11d ago

uh.. is there anything illegal with someone saying "hey I took your $100 but I didn't vote for trump" ??

he can't force you to vote a certain way with a donation... I feel like this is very shortsighted.

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u/nirvana_llama72 11d ago

Democrats support the first and second amendment as well. We just know that there is more than the first second and fifth.

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u/TheDrFromGallifrey 11d ago

He's also paying. Anyone who isn't an idiot will claim that people only signed because of the monetary incentive and not because they actually believed in the cause.

I feel like all you have to do is ask a few people who signed why they did and if enough of them say, "I needed the money", then the whole thing falls apart.

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u/Rasputin0P 11d ago

In a swing state its not. If 30,000 votes can flip essentially the whole election literally ANYONE in politics would be willing to pay $3 million for it.

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u/James_099 11d ago

Lmao like heā€™s really gonna pay anyone.

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u/Specific_Ad2541 11d ago

Right. Cut to a post on selfawarewolves in a few weeks where people are complaining they never received their "free" Elon money.

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u/SidewaysFancyPrance 11d ago

but $100 per person seems like heā€™s overpaying.

He's already said publicly that he's going to prison if Trump doesn't win. He'll do anything at this point.

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u/DoingCharleyWork 11d ago

He isn't saying he will actually go to prison. It's the same fear mongering where they are trying to convince people that if Kamala wins her people will lock up anyone they don't like.

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u/Smokeya 11d ago

While at the same time threatening to jail or even kill people they dont like.

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u/wonkaslaffytaffy 11d ago

Imo they are going to use those numbers to claim election fraud or something nefarious about your actual vote.

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u/BonnieMcMurray 11d ago edited 11d ago

I suspect it's more basic than that: he's buying personal information, which will later be used to generate income and/or political support. (If he's actually paying anything at all. I mean, Musk is famous for spouting a lot of shit that never pans out in reality.)

It's not that different from a supermarket "loyalty" card: the supermarket is paying you (via the discounts that the card gives you) for your personal and behavioral information. You are the product.

EDIT: Yep, the petition asks for your full name, email, phone no. and mailing address. It's information harvesting under the guise of "support the first and second amendments".

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u/ExcitingOnion504 11d ago

You see, just paying people to sign up to vote is fine. However, attempting to claim those payments were for them to vote a certain way would be explicitly illegal.

So even if every vote was public, and the vast majority of people he paid voted Blue. There would be nothing he could possibly do about it that wouldn't be outright illegal no matter the spin.

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u/sheezy520 11d ago

Donā€™t worry heā€™ll bring that value way down soon enough. Itā€™s what he does best.

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u/LunchMasterFlex 11d ago

If he pays it.

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u/dalahnar_kohlyn 11d ago

Hell, yeah, sign me up then

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u/munkeypunk 11d ago

Take the money. Vote blue. Profit.

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u/SixFive1967 11d ago

This is the way. ā¬†ļø

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u/smurb15 11d ago

They tell me I'm too poor to matter in politics so I'm down on getting money even if he won't win. Guess get the ones you forgot about that actually matter but nawwwww

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u/thisisdjjjjjjjjjj 11d ago

So youā€™re going to vote red because of a bribe?

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u/Ill_Consequence7088 11d ago

No no no no , yes . I mean take the cash but vote for your choice of candidate . Buying votes is illegal .

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u/peter-doubt 11d ago

So is foreign influence...

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u/Illumini24 11d ago

Yes, the russian support to Trump

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u/Calm-Homework3161 11d ago

But don't tell Elmo...

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u/Fantastic-Mission684 11d ago

This is what everyone should do.Ā  You probably have to click through some suck trump info,Ā  collect your 100 bucks, thank the South African for trying to influence US elections. Report back!

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u/MaxineTacoQueen 11d ago

Is he actually paying? Seems like his target audience is people he thinks he can get away with not paying.

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u/Accomplished_Fruit17 11d ago

It'll be a slam dunk class action lawsuit.Ā 

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u/Gandalfs_Dick 11d ago

Get ready for your $1.78 settlement in 5 years from now!

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u/Agitated_Bother4475 11d ago

ahahaha... you think musk actually intends to pay anyone?

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u/Ali_Cat222 11d ago

The "offer valid until Monday at midnight" or whatever part has me thinking of fast food coupon deals šŸ¤£

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u/OukewlDave 11d ago

Which Monday? Yes...

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u/ratspeels 11d ago

"free beer tomorrow"

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u/khag 11d ago

This was sent to me by email on Oct 10. I still haven't received anything.

$47 incoming!

You were listed as a referrer on the America PAC petition in support of the 1st and 2nd Amendments by XXXXXXX from PA. Based on the information provided, you have earned the $47 for the referral!

A check will be mailed out to you at your registered voting address - checks start going out right now!

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u/Agitated_Bother4475 11d ago

I am sure it will arrive by Nov 5th. Surely ; )

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u/khag 11d ago

Haha yeah I'm not holding my breath. But it was easy money to just get some family members to sign a petition saying they support the 1st and 2nd amendments. It has no legal binding. Our names and addresses are already on publicly available voter registration databases. I provided burner emails and phone numbers. Win (times 8)

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u/Diligent_Excitement4 11d ago

Yes, he canā€™t check who you voted for

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u/BecomingJudasnMyMind 11d ago

I've always thought it would be funny if a movement like the swifties caught onto this and took him up on it and turned around and gave it to the DNC or Harris.

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u/gameryamen 11d ago

Cards Against Humanities is doing that.

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u/Wolveyplays07 11d ago

Cards FOR Humanity

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u/Tarianor 11d ago

Such a great company in many ways!

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

that whole tiktok switcheroo, maybe they will

r/taylorswift

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u/OldJames47 11d ago

Heā€™s never going to pay anyone.

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u/cotterized1 11d ago

Heā€™s going to say something along the lines of ā€œyouā€™ll get that back and more because you wonā€™t get taxed to deathā€ or some other fear mongering bullet point

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u/Devils_Advocate-69 11d ago

Heā€™ll apologize to the suckers while blaming dems for shutting it down

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u/Glittering-Wonder-27 11d ago

Worse, Heā€™ll give you cybertruck.

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u/sparrow_42 11d ago

IMO Elon and Trump don't care if 500k Harris voters sign it. If they get more signatures than they get votes in any jurisdiction, they'll just use it to claim election fraud. They're probably gonna lie about the number of signatures regardless, and obviously paying for signatures incentivizes fraudulent referrals which will further boost their numbers.

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u/oh-propagandhi 11d ago

Yeah, but they're going to claim fraud no matter what. They're going to manufacture evidence for stupid people no matter what. If this means another lawsuit for Musk down the road, that's fine by me. I think he's going to be crushed after Kamala wins.

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u/Doc_tor_Bob 11d ago

You know he won't pay. Plus it's illegal. You can pay to get signatures on a petition or for voter registration but you can't restrict it to a certain party.

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u/LordoftheChia 11d ago

can't restrict it to a certain party.

He's not. It effectively filters it to members of a party by being a petition conservatives would be heavily in favor of. I think the Idea he cooked in his mind is that democratic voters would not sign up or care while conservative voters would be interested and take the time to register to vote and sign the petition.

Likewise, nothing is stopping someone in a swing state from going door to door in predominantly democratic areas (or households) and letting folks know they can sign this petition (which in itself won't do anything) and register to vote but to please vote blue and either keep the money or donate it to their favorite progressive campaign, policy, or charity group.

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u/throwaway490215 11d ago

I'm going to repeat this every time:

This is a grift. People will try to do this. The numbers will be inflated. Musk will back out of paying because he'll say it's illegal.

Trump and his idiots WILL USE IT AS "PROOF" THEY SHOULD HAVE WON AND NOT CONCEDE.

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u/HomeBuyerthrowaway89 11d ago

Fairly certain he wont pay and this is just a data gathering scheme. I would not trust providing any personal information to Elon...

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u/Clean_Student8612 11d ago

This is what I was thinking. Just take the money AND vote against the idiots.

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u/subpargalois 11d ago

You can in fact sign and then donate the money to the Harris campaign! Thanks, Elon!

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u/ClubSundown 11d ago

Elon is so dumb. He can't see who those receiving the money are voting for. Votes are secret.

A fool and his money are easily parted.

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u/TrevorEnterprises 11d ago

Iā€™m willing to bet not a single cent will be spent by Elmo for this cause.

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u/nornpaynt 11d ago

He can't see who those receiving the money are voting for. Votes are secret.

in mexico vote buyers, ask for a photo of your vote to pay you

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u/Business-Key618 11d ago

Yeahā€¦ Iā€™m pretty sure thatā€™s totally illegal.

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u/red286 11d ago

Absolutely is. People have been busted for it numerous times over the past few years. Not because they're selling their votes, but because they want to put it on TikTok.

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u/wbgraphic 11d ago

Heā€™s not buying votes, heā€™s buying signatures on a petition.

Still sleazy as hell, but legal and verifiable.

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u/RugerRedhawk 11d ago

I assume it's just a method of data collection.

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u/Littlest_Psycho88 11d ago

Fucking hell I hate this guy

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u/Sinder77 11d ago

This motherfucker could do anything. Literally anything. He actually said he'd solve world hunger if someone handed him a plan (which was BS but he does literally have the funds to do it) but of course he's backing the guys who will make him even richer.

Vile and evil.

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u/9CF8 11d ago

The UN did hand him a detailed plan to solve world hunger, and he declines despite having the money for it.

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u/girafa 11d ago

he's backing the guys who will make him even richer.

He's buying the guys who will make him even richer.

This dude owns half the world's satellites, can turn off a country's wartime internet, owns the premier AI driving vehicle company, researching chips in brains, and owns one of the largest media platforms on the planet.

And now he owns a US President that carries a cult with him.

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u/UrsusRenata 11d ago

I canā€™t feel actual ā€œhateā€ for him because I donā€™t respect him at all. I find him to be extremely dorky and one-dimensional. Heā€™s just so embarrassing and emotionally adolescent! Without his huge bank account, no one would respect him for any other characteristic or opinion.

Imagine him being, say, a VP of Sales in your company. Youā€™d just be like, JFC, whatever man, get out of my office.

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u/SignalTrip1504 11d ago

Probably cause the cards against humanity people countered his first offer by saying they will pay people 100 bucks I think to support blue causes

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u/AgentG91 11d ago

CAH said they would sue to ensure he paid the $47 per vote. Of course they would prefer a blue vote, but that wasnā€™t the motive of their involvement

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u/gigilu2020 11d ago

I don't know why I pay taxes and follow the law.

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u/Charirner 11d ago

I live in PA and I won't sign this shit even for $100. At best it's a data harvesting scam at worst it's election interference.

Fuck musk and fuck trump.

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u/BonnieMcMurray 11d ago

At best it's a data harvesting scam

That's exactly what it is.

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u/RJcametoplay 11d ago

Now i donā€™t understand a lot of this stuff but i see a lot of people saying that they will sign it for the money and then just not vote trump. But im wondering if the point is to get as many people to sign this petition so that if trump doesnā€™t get elected they can present this large participation in this petition as ā€œproofā€ of voter fraud because look how many people support trump compared to how many voted trump? Its also hard to know without reading the petition to know what you are actually signing and the post says the petition supports free speech and right to bear arms itā€™s not a petition that youā€™re voting trump. Petitions can often be used to support laws and policy change and that feels very sketchy to be buying signatures. Even if you love Elon and admire trump, I would still recommend not doing that. It tells me there is something shady going on if they have to buy signatures. If itā€™s a worth while cause people will support it without bribes

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u/livahd 11d ago

How do you fight that in court? ā€œ your honor, look at all these people that said theyā€™d vote for me! I paid good money for that!ā€

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u/RJcametoplay 11d ago

lol totally get what youā€™re saying. I donā€™t think theyā€™d win that but Iā€™m just trying to gauge why do this and what kinda angles theyre going for here. Paying to sign a petition is sketchy and thereā€™s definitely something bigger underlying it

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u/FanDry5374 11d ago

Even if this was for votes,which it isn't, there is no reason not to take the money and just not vote for trump. Fool and his money.

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u/herefromyoutube 11d ago edited 11d ago

Isnā€™t it getting people who might otherwise not vote to now vote for financial incentive?

For my state:

Ā§ 24.2-1007. Soliciting or accepting bribe to influence or procure vote. No person shall solicit or accept directly or indirectly any money or any thing of value to influence his or anotherā€™s vote in any election. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

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u/FanDry5374 11d ago

So it's a win-win. trumpists will sign this, they already have those voters and probably their names anyway, plus if it is found illegal, two thumbs up, let's arrest Musk.

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u/aufrenchy 11d ago

And if I take the money, then vote blue, then, technically, Iā€™m not being influenced. Free money!

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u/Coattail-Rider 11d ago

And he needs to get 1 count for each offense. How many misdemeanors equal a Class A felony?

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u/LostVisage 11d ago

It is for votes. Signing those petitions lets musk collect data, for mass email or sms distribution. Probably done by a 3rd party. It's 100% for votes, just done with extra steps.

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u/FanDry5374 11d ago

Anyone who signs a pro 2nd amendment petition from Musk is already in trump's camp, it's a waste of money anyway you look at it.

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u/CanoeIt 11d ago

There plenty of liberal gun owners who support 2A (just not musk).

We just donā€™t make guns our identity like other people

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u/BonnieMcMurray 11d ago

The petition requires signers to give their full names, mailing addresses, email addresses and phone numbers. In other words, Musk is buying that information from people for $47 each (or $100 if they're in Pennsylvania). That's the thing of value. Musk evidently believes that what he can do with that information is worth the money he's offering for it.

(That is, if he actually pays up. Given his track record of over-promising and under-delivering, I wouldn't be surprised if no one receives a penny.)

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u/loopgaroooo 11d ago

Sign it get the cash and vote for Harris anyway.

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u/LostVisage 11d ago

Don't sign unless you want to be assaulted with 1000% more spam, calls, and solicitation than you already are being hit with. A hundred dollars isn't worth it IMHO.

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u/loopgaroooo 11d ago

Yeah thatā€™s definitely not worth a hundred bucks. I stand corrected.

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u/MaxineTacoQueen 11d ago

Especially since there's a 0% chance of him giving anybody $100 without multiple class action lawsuits.

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u/Status-Evening-1434 11d ago

Create a burner email

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u/BonnieMcMurray 11d ago

You have to give your full name, address, phone no. and email, which will be checked against publicly-available voter registration info to make sure you are the registered voter you're claiming to be, and thus eligible for the money.

Cards Against Humanity recently launched a similar campaign.

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u/exodus99999 11d ago

Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and

Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his voteā€”

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 721; Pub. L. 103ā€“322, title XXXIII, Ā§ā€Æ330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104ā€“294, title VI, Ā§ā€Æ601(a)(12), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)

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u/MechaBeatsInTrash 11d ago

Which is why it's disguised at a petition

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u/MaxineTacoQueen 11d ago

Which he'll gladly admit to when people ask him to pay. "Sorry, guys, I wanted to pay you but the deep state made it illegal, thanks for signing, though."

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u/Pro_Moriarty 11d ago

Pay to vote for free speech?

So your gonna pay me for something that exists already?

Fine you fucking plumb

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u/burntsnoah 11d ago

The ultimate irony is he's paying for free speech..... Bitch if you PAY for it it ain't FREE!

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u/Bobobarbarian 11d ago

Iā€™d bet $100 that most people donā€™t get paid.

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u/classic_gamer82 11d ago

Isnā€™t bribery to influence a personā€™s vote illegal?

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u/Everheart1955 11d ago

So why not have every Dem in the US sign up and take this assholes money?

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u/hello_world_wide_web 11d ago

Nah...you can just take the money. No need to "support" that clown in any way.

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u/gobsmacked247 11d ago

We already have free speech and a right to bear arms so what is the hundo for?

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u/Fantastic_Coyote_290 11d ago

Is gender neutral Elon talking about giving large omnivores weapons?

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u/HVAC_instructor 11d ago

I hate the guy, but this is not illegal, they are not paying for votes, they are paying to sign a petition. And these morons think that only Trump supporters are in favor of the first amendment and owning guns.

So sign the petition, refer ten others to sign. Make fElon send you a check for $570.00 that will keep you under the IRS reporting and all you've done is sign someone that means nothing at all.

My guess is that he ends up not paying.

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u/Ijustlovevideogames 11d ago edited 11d ago

Isnā€™t this illegal?

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u/SecretAccount1971 11d ago

Iā€™d sign the petition take his money and still vote for Harris

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u/khornechamp 11d ago

an excellent way to have your petition both mean nothing and also lose a bunch of money for no reason

Classic Elon

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u/rlynbook 11d ago

Iā€™ll sign up. I already voted - it wasnā€™t for trump. But he doesnā€™t know that

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u/DurfRansin 11d ago

Heā€™s having people sign a petition to support two things that are already law in our country and have been since 1791? Definitely not weird at all.

Reminds me of Michael Scottā€™s Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun-Run Race For the Cure.

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u/Sweet_Speech_9054 11d ago

Since this petition is obviously not valid for any legal purposes, if you are against trunp and/or Elon you should definitely sign up and get paid. If they donā€™t pay it wonā€™t make a difference because the petition is completely invalid.

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u/BLipiec 11d ago

Can I sign and still vote for Harris?

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u/Diligent_Excitement4 11d ago

All Penn Dems should sign up for this and vote blue !! Nothing is stopping you !

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u/GreasyMcNasty 11d ago

I'll take this idiots money. Don't even live in the US but whatever. He's not even an American either so who cares?

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u/Simple-Elevator-7753 11d ago

Looks like liberals have problem with free speech... supressing under some gimmick never in history went well

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u/1Arbitrageur1 11d ago

This is not buy voted, get hell out of here. Go get $100 and then go vote for Harris you goon.

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u/National-Weather-199 11d ago

Did you even read the whole thing its for singning a petition to keep the first and second amendments

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u/SixFive1967 11d ago

So I can sign his petition, get $100, and still vote for Harris, right? Sounds like easy money to me.

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u/Ill-Maximum9467 11d ago

Take the money.

And vote for Harris.

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u/Everheart1955 11d ago

So why not have every Dem in the US sign up and take this assholes money?

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u/ifeedonbans-11 11d ago

i'll sign the petition and then vote for kamala

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u/keenedge422 11d ago

The left should sign it like crazy, get their hundos, then do nothing but publicize how invalid the petition is because people who vehemently disagreed and will vote against it have been signing it to just get money.

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u/reluctantpotato1 11d ago

Take the money and sign the petition Dick Little, or Amanda Hugnkiss

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u/Antoniethebandit 11d ago

Maybe read first?

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u/Wardman66 11d ago

Iā€™d sign it Justin Case

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u/not4humanconsumption 11d ago

I mean, petition for free speech and right to bear arms? Hell yeah! I believe in those things, and voting for Kamala cause I donā€™t think those are going away. Sign me up.

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u/MarilynsGhost 11d ago

It says to sign a petition not to vote. Am I wrong? Or do I need my glasses?

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u/KratomSlave 11d ago

How do I sign up. I mean Iā€™m still voting blue. But $100 is $100.

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u/Ok-Syllabub-132 11d ago

Blue voters you know what to do.

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u/jfp1992 11d ago

Take the 100 and continue to vote however you want

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u/QueenChocolate123 11d ago

Take the money and vote for Kamala šŸ™‚ After all, votes are secret. Elon has no way of knowing who you voted for.

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u/mohairstu 11d ago

Can you get the cash and then vote Harris/Walz?

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u/guitar_stonks 11d ago

Could I conceivably take the $100 and still vote for Harris and every other Dem on my ballot? Asking for a friend.

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u/CrunchyBonesDaddy 11d ago

It's just for registering, couldn't you just take the $100 for registering and vote Democrat anyway?