Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., right, presents a one-million dollar check to an attendee during an America PAC town hall ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. (Getty Images)
Wisconsin voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to decide the court's new makeup in an election that Musk has described as "super important."
Musk’s attorneys argued in court filings that the payments are "intended to generate a grassroots movement in opposition to activist judges, not to expressly advocate for or against any candidate."
The effort echoed Musk's similar program of offering $1 million checks in battleground states ahead of the presidential election last year.
In that case, a judge in Pennsylvania similarly said prosecutors failed to show the effort was an illegal lottery and allowed it to continue through Election Day.
Circuit Court Judge Brad Schimel, candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, speaks to supporters during a campaign stop. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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"That’s exactly what I’ve committed to anybody, whether it’s President Trump, Elon Musk or any donors and donors or supporters or voters in Wisconsin," the candidate added. "That’s my commitment."
The Associated Press and Fox News Digital's Charles Creitz and Patrick McGovern contributed to this report.
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