It is a crime to buy votes.

Billionaire MAGA cultist Elon Musk is NOT doing that.

He does not want to buy votes. He wants to buy the election.

Musk is getting around the vote-buying law by offering individuals in swing states like Arizona $47 for each person they get to sign a petition he’s circulating in which voters pledge their support for the First and Second Amendments.

The website Musk set up requires the person who signs the petition to provide an email address, cellphone number and mailing address, all of which will be checked out before the referrer gets any cash.

Musk figures the people who sign........

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