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Elon Musk is encouraging people to vote before the elections. For this they are distributing money. Democrat leaders are opposing this.
The US Justice Department has warned Elon Musk's Campaign America PAC. Musk is giving 1 million dollars (Rs 8.4 crore) every day to the voters who vote before the elections. According to CNN, the Justice Department said this could violate the law.
There are presidential elections in America on 6 November (according to Indian time). Musk is supporting former President Donald Trump in this. They're spending millions of dollars for Trump. The announcement of giving money to voters is also related to this. Its purpose is to create an environment in favor of the Republican Party in swing states.
Musk had said that he would give $1 million to a randomly selected winner every day from October 17 to November 5 under the Voting Early Scheme. He has also set conditions for this and because of this questions are being raised.
Musk announced the names of 3 winners Musk is also giving 1 million dollars to any one voter every day under lottery. He also gave a $1 million check to a man and a woman in Pennsylvania last Saturday and Sunday. His team said Monday's winner was chosen from North Carolina.
Musk said – the scheme is not for any one party Democrat leaders are calling Musk's early scheme a violation of the law. Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro said Musk's announcement is extremely worrying. Musk has given arguments in its defense on social media. Musk said that the winner is chosen by lottery. They do not know whether he is a supporter of Republican or Democratic party. They can belong to any party.
Winner of Musk's early voting scheme. The picture is from Sunday (20 October).
The first winners of Musk's Early Scheme. The picture is from Saturday (October 19).
This time 70% people can vote before the elections In America, voting before elections is called advance polling or pre-poll voting. Advance polling has been done in American elections before also. Although, in the earlier elections, the pre-poll voting was dominated by the Democrats, but this time the Republicans have started taking the lead in some major states.
Before 1988, there were only 6 states where early voting was prevalent. Since 1992, the trend of early voting before elections has increased. 7% people voted in the 1992 elections. According to NBC, 14.5 million people can vote before the elections this year. It is around 70%.
According to the MIT Election Data and Science Lab, about 60% of Democrat and 32% of Republican voters voted by mail in 2020. Obviously, Biden got the benefit of this in the last election also. This is the reason why former President Donald Trump has many times given statements against advance polling. He says that there is fraud in voting through mail.
Despite this, the Republican Party is making voters aware about voting early in this election.
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US Presidential Elections – 1.5 crore people did advance voting: Musk's offer – I will give 8 crores to one person daily for voting before the elections.
Voting is to be held in America on 6 November (according to Indian time). Before this, early voting is going on in many parts of America. According to the New York Times, till Tuesday, more than 1.5 crore Americans have cast their votes. This voting has been done through mail (post) in more than 47 states. Read the full news here…
