WILMINGTON, Delaware, May 14 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s political action committee failed to pay registered swing state voters as promised during last year’s U.S. election in return for signing a petition or referring other voters, according to a proposed federal class action lawsuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Musk’s America PAC helped Republican President Donald Trump<\/u><\/a> beat Democratic challenger Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the lead-up to the November election, Musk offered voters in seven states that were considered key to the election $47 and later $100 for signing a petition supporting the U.S. Constitution. Registered voters were also promised payments for referring voters in the seven states who signed the petition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The three plaintiffs, residents of Pennsylvania, Nevada and Georgia, claim that America PAC breached a contract by failing to pay in full. The lawsuit, filed on May 8 in Philadelphia, seeks to represent a class of everyone who signed or referred someone to sign the petition and was not paid in full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Musk<\/u><\/a>, the chief executive of Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab<\/u><\/a> and the world’s richest person, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His PAC also pledged to give away $1 million daily to someone who signed the petition in support of Constitutional guarantees to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms. A separate proposed class action has claimed<\/u><\/a> the giveaway was a fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n