Philadelphia DA sues to block Elon Musk’s $1M voter giveaway

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner sued Elon Musk and his America PAC Monday over $1 million giveaways to registered voters in battleground states who sign a petition. The lawsuit alleges the cash prize constitutes an “illegal lottery.” The suit marks the first legal challenge to Musk’s sweepstakes, and comes after a Department of Justice warning that it may violate federal election law. However, in the new suit, the DA alleges that because the sweepstakes function as “a lottery,” and because Pennsylvania law states all lotteries operating there must be regulated...