Didn't he pivot heavily from calling it a lottery to claiming he was giving pre-selected individuals money? Similarly to how he claims to be in charge of DOGE all the time except when that would place legal limits on him when suddenly he's just an adviser? Seems blatantly illegal but apparently no one cares anymore.
Is it really hidden?
There were also grants made by Mark Zuckerberg to help with "election administration". Money is ambitexdrous - if the sock fits on the left, it can fit on the right too.
BUT this specific case is not even vote buying. Merely protest recruitment - strange to be outraged about it when such has been standard operating tactics for both parties in the US for over 2 decades. I guesss it is because Musk is doing this openly instead of doing it via some obnoxiously named NGO in between ?
Nothing says grassroots like a billionaire government employee handing out novelty size checks for a million bucks.