Pennsylvania judge declines to block Elon Musk’s $1m voter prize giveaway
by Richard Luscombe and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#6RZDR)
Prosecutors had called sweepstakes a scam that violates state election law and asked for it to be shut down
The $1m-a-day voter sweepstakes that Elon Musk's political action committee is hosting in swing states can continue through Tuesday's presidential election, a Pennsylvania judge ruled on Monday.
The common pleas court judge Angelo Foglietta - ruling after Musk's lawyers said the winners are not chosen by chance - did not immediately give a reason for the ruling.
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