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On Friday, Elon Musk announced on X that he will deliver a talk in Green Bay, Wisconsin, stating he will give away two checks, each worth a million dollars, to two attendees. Entry to the speech is specifically for those who have voted in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. According to Musk, "Elon will personally hand over two checks for a million dollars each to two people who took the time to vote in the election."

Elon Musk is scheduled to hold a town hall event in Green Bay on Sunday at 6:30 pm CT, and entry is limited to individuals who have signed a petition opposing activist judges. The event will also be livestreamed.

Following this announcement, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit to block the payments, alleging they violated state election law. However, a Wisconsin appeals court decided not to block the payments on Saturday. The decision came as a panel of three judges in Madison argued that the lawsuit needs to be addressed by lower courts first. Musk is set to make the giveaway on Sunday following a ruling on Friday when a Columbia County judge declined to hear the lawsuit by the Sunday deadline.

Channel 3000 reported that, for the time being, "Elon Musk may go ahead, for now, with $1 million payments to Wisconsin voters, after a Wisconsin appeals court declined Saturday to block the payments." The court's decision allows Musk to proceed with his plan to hand out the checks.

The payments are part of a lottery that Musk, known as a Trump ally, is organizing in Wisconsin linked to the impending state Supreme Court race. Apart from the million-dollar giveaway, he offered $100 to those who signed a petition opposing activist judges, combined with a chance to win $1 million. Initially, Musk restricted event attendance to voters of the Wisconsin election, which raised concerns about legality under state law. He subsequently revised the criteria to include those who signed the petition.