While stumping for former President Donald Trump on Saturday, tech billionaire Elon Musk announced that he will give away $1 million each day to registered voters in battleground states, immediately drawing scrutiny from election law experts who said the sweepstakes could violate laws against paying people to register.

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has ignited a storm of controversy after announcing a plan to give away $1 million each day until November’s presidential election, raising concerns about the legality of such payments.

A look at the legal ins and outs of a Trump-ally scheme that some legal experts call illegal — but which at the very least exploits a loophole.

Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaway for voters who sign his free-speech and gun-rights petition falls into a gray area of election law, and legal experts are divided about whether the billionaire supporter of Donald Trump could be running afoul of prohibitions on paying people to register to vote.

While stumping for former President Donald Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk announced that he will give away $1 million each day to registered voters in battleground states, immediately drawing scrutiny from election law experts who said the sweepstakes could violate laws against paying people to register.

Billionaire Elon Musk says he will be randomly picking a person in a swing state, who signs his online petition, to give $1 million to.

Legal experts raised concerns about he legality of the move because it ties a monetary reward to voter registration status, which is prohibited under federal law.

Musk on Saturday gave a $1 million check to an attendee at the rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which was hosted by America PAC, a political action group the Tesla CEO set up to back Republican Donald Trump in the Nov.

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk plans to give a randomly selected registered voter one million dollars, every day from now until the election, if they sign a petition for his political action committee.