While Dreher might be thrilled with his windfall, election law experts are a bit more cautious. Federal law makes it pretty clear that offering money in exchange for registering to vote – or for voting itself – is a crime, punishable by up to five years in prison. So naturally, the question is: does Musk’s million-dollar sweepstake cross that line?

Elon Musk, a tech mogul who is the world's richest person, plunged more than $70 million into helping Donald Trump and other Republicans win in November's election, making him one of the biggest donors to GOP causes this campaign season,

Elon Musk is pledging to give away $1 million a day to voters for signing his political action committee’s petition backing the Constitution

Elon Musk is pledging to give away $1 million to voters for signing his political action committee’s petition backing the Constitution

Elon Musk's pledge to give away $1 million a day to voters for signing his PAC's petition is prompting questions about its legality.

The giveaway is raising questions and alarms among some election experts who say it is a violation of the law to link a cash handout to signing a petition that also requires a person to be registered to vote.

Elon Musk’s latest effort to get swing state voters to the polls is raising legal questions after he announced this weekend that he plans to give $1 million once a day to a random registered Pennsylvania voter who signs the petition for his political action committee (PAC).