Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to stop Elon Musk's $1 million payments to voters

The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously refused Sunday night to stop Elon Musk from giving $1 million payments to two voters ahead of the state's election this week.

The decision came shortly before Musk held a rally in Green Bay to award the checks, part of an aggressive get-out-the-vote effort ahead of an election that will determine whether conservatives or liberals control the state's highest court.

Musk has endorsed the conservative candidate, Brad Schimmel.

"Vote for Superjudge Brad Schimel in Wisconsin on Tuesday!!" he wrote on X. "The Republican House majority is razor thin and the Democrats want to redraw Wisconsin districts to flip the House and stop the government reforms."

Earlier Sunday, a Madison-based state appeals court also denied Attorney General Wisconsin Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul's effort to stop the Musk effort.

Kaul argued the checks were an illegal inducement to vote. But Musk said in court filings that the payments were “intended to generate a grassroots movement in opposition to activist judges, not to expressly advocate for or against any candidate."