'Might as well throw out democracy': Legal experts blast Musk's latest vote-buying antic

The political action committee funded by Elon Musk is promising that he will pay people $50 if they take photos of themselves outside of their polling place in Wisconsin after voting.

"You will now earn $50 for every picture with a Wisconsin resident outside of a voting location — they'll get $50 too," the PAC wrote on X. "FIRST: Snap a picture outside of a voting location with a WI resident holding a photo of Super Judge Brad Schimel."

He then asks that they upload or email them to his PAC website.

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The post went up on X at 4:30 p.m. CDT, more than nine hours after polls opened.

Experts warned the move may run afoul of the law.

"It's illegal in Wisconsin to 'engage in electioneering' within 100 feet of polling place," commented Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones.

"This is so blatantly illegal. If Musk isn’t prosecuted for this, we might as well throw out democracy and turn it over to our billionaire lords and landed gentry. It’s over," said Georgia law professor Anthony Michael Kreis.

The Waukesha County news site The Freeman posted a report of a "man with a sign outside of Waukesha City Hall that reads, 'Free $100 from Elon Musk.'"

Others reposted an @America X post from Tuesday morning with profanity. Those who responded to that post were eager to tell the PAC what they could do with their attempt to hire "block captains."