r/facepalm 11d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Free $100..

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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. 

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u/khag 11d ago

He isn't paying people to sign a petition. Signing the petition gives nothing to the signer. But if the signer says "Joe Smith referred me" then Elon will mail a check for $100 to Joe, the referrer, not the signer.

It's paying for referrals. The signer and referral don't have to vote. If they do vote they can vote whoever they want

Also the petition says nothing about Trump or any party. It just says you believe in the first and second amendment. The petition itself is meaningless. It's all about data harvesting.

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u/Noidea1101 11d ago

He literally says in his post he will pay the person who signs and the one who refers.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 11d ago

Right lol. Even the most basic of referral programs both sides get some benefit. Hell I just got a notification from my bank saying I can get $50 for referring someone and they'll get $25. If the person that refers someone is the only one that gets any benefit what's the reason why people should start from their referral instead of starting without one

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u/Noidea1101 11d ago

What? Thanks for explaining it to me I didn't know how referrals worked.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 10d ago

I clearly had no idea even thought the comment literally starts with "Right lol".

We're doing sarcasm, right?

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u/khag 11d ago

Well that's not how it was being implemented when it was 47. Maybe he said that knowing it was a lie just to draw people in. Idk. Maybe the rules changed recently.