Elon Musk gives away $1m cheques ahead of Wisconsin Supreme Court election

The state's attorney general tried to block the giveaway arguing it was an illegal bid to buy votes.

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Musk announced the prize earlier this week, ahead of Wisconsin's tightly contested Supreme Court election to be held on Tuesday.

Wisconsin Attorney General and Democrat Josh Kaul had sued to stop the giveaway, arguing that Musk was violating a state law that bans gifts in exchange for votes.

The race, which could flip control of the state's supreme court to the Republicans, has become a flash point and the most expensive judicial election in American history.

Speaking at a rally Sunday night, Musk said "we just want judges to be judges", before handing out two $1m (£750,000) cheques to voters who had signed a petition to stop "activist" judges.

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