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Pressure mounts on prosecutors to review Musk’s $1M swing-state petition giveaway

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A Justice Department spokesperson said Tuesday that it had received a letter from 11 former government officials urging the department to investigate whether Musk ’s daily prizes violate a federal law prohibiting paying people to register to vote.

Musk announced Saturday that he would be awarding $1 million a day to one person in a swing state who had signed his pledge in support of the First and Second Amendments .

The first three winners were from Pennsylvania , and starting Tuesday the contest was expanding to include petition-signers registered to vote in six swing states.

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