Elon Musk’s PAC stiffed swing state petition signers, lawsuit claims

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s America PAC has been accused of reneging on a promise to pay scores of swing state voters who signed a petition supporting the First and Second Amendments, a new lawsuit has alleged.

During the 2024 campaign, Musk promised to dole out $47 payments to registered voters who signed the petition in seven battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — before eventually upping the amount to $100 per person.

Now, three voters from Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania are pursuing a national class action suit on behalf of signatories who claim they participated, but weren’t paid.

“Plaintiffs are in communication with numerous others who referred voters to sign the America PAC petition, who are likewise frustrated that they did not receive full payments for their referrals,” the lawsuit, filed last week in Philadelphia federal court.

Federal law bars paying people to register to vote, but Musk’s America PAC worked around that by mandating that signatories already be registered.

One of the plaintiffs, Steve Reid, claimed to be a canvasser for America PAC in Georgia and Michigan, in theory making him eligible for additional rewards.

“Despite multiple attempts to receive payment, Plaintiff Steven Reid was also not paid the full promised amounts for these referrals. He estimates that he has not been paid at least several thousand dollars he is owed for his referrals,” the suit alleged.

A separate complaint filed last month raised similar concerns about Pennsylvania residents who claimed that they had been bilked of the prize money as well.

An America PAC spokesperson told CNN about that suit that the group “is committed to paying for every legitimate petition signer, which is evidenced by the fact that we have paid tens of millions of dollars to canvassers for their hard work in support of our mission.”

Musk spent some $300 million during the 2024 election in support of Trump, who won all seven key states.

The world’s richest man later landed a role as a special government employee with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

His status as a special government employee ends later this month and the tech guru has already taken steps to wind down his DOGE responsibilities.

Musk had repeatedly promoted the America PAC’s petition on social media, with some of his posts garnering tens of millions of views.

In addition to the $100 prize money for signing the petition, his PAC also vowed to give $1 million daily to randomly selected signatories. Musk personally handed out oversized checks to some of the winners at pro-Trump rallies.

Another suit filed last year alleged that those sweepstakes were fraudulent and the winners had been predetermined.

The Post contacted America PAC for comment.