Big money has always been a part of elections. So is Elon Musk's 'lottery' illegal?

WASHINGTON − Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, abruptly stopped handing out $1 million checks to swing state voters in a controversial “lottery” on Wednesday, the same day news broke that the Justice Department warned him they might be illegal.
Musk’s America PAC didn’t immediately explain the missing award after promising to award $1 million a day until Election Day on Nov. 5 to a different random voter who has signed his online petition.
But legal experts said Thursday it might be because […]
Big money has always been a part of elections. So is Elon Musk's 'lottery' illegal?