The group has been engaged in voter information gathering efforts. These efforts have faced scrutiny from regulators and other groups in those states. The group has set a goal of registering 800,000 new voters in swing states for the 2024 election. The PAC provided funding to Republican candidates in key house races including
Mike Lawler,
Ken Calvert,
Michelle Steel, Ken Coughlin,
Marc Molinaro,
Tom Kean Jr., Derrick Merrin,
David Valadao,
Austin Theriault, and
Joe Kent.
Social media activities America PAC paid for ads on social media platforms including Facebook, YouTube and X, the latter of which received less investment than the other two. From July to October 2024, the company invested $3 million on Facebook and Instagram advertisements, with $1.5 million being spent on Google and $201,000 on X. The efforts are targeted at voters in
swing states and have included provocative internet ads featuring the
attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Ads have been targeted at voters in
Arizona,
Michigan,
Georgia,
North Carolina,
Nevada,
Pennsylvania, and
Wisconsin. According to
Wired, as of October 2024, the ads had amassed 32 million impressions. America PAC administers an "Election Integrity Community" on Twitter/X, in October 2024 Musk tweeted that his followers should report issues with the 2024 Election there.
Canvassing The PAC employed
canvassers in key battleground states. Blitz Canvassing LLC contracted to work in Arizona, North Carolina, Michigan, and Nevada. Blitz Canvassing LLC is a subsidiary of GP3 which is owned by the same political strategists who run America PAC, this has led to criticism from some within the Trump campaign. Patriot Grassroots LLC has been hired to do work in Georgia and Pennsylvania. The
Synapse Group has been retained to work in Wisconsin. America PAC is the only Trump campaign affiliated group to hire canvassers in all seven battleground states. Despite these contracted and combined efforts America PAC struggled to meet their canvassing targets. The PAC was mailed partially prefilled absentee ballot applications to residents in Georgia during the 2024 presidential election. In February 2026, the
Georgia State Election Board issued a letter of reprimand alleging that the PAC's activities had violated state law. In Michigan, canvassers contracted by America PAC were subjected to poor working conditions; they were transported in a U-Haul van with no rear seating or seatbelts, and threatened to meet unrealistic quotas under threat of being forced to pay for their hotel rooms and transportation home. After these poor working conditions were reported, the canvassers were fired for speaking to the press. On October 30, a
class action lawsuit regarding California labor law violations was filed against multiple entities including America PAC. According to
The Guardian, America PAC's internal data classified 20 to 25% of door-knocks in the states of Arizona and Nevada as being potentially fraudulent. Accusations of fraud against the PAC's canvassers have been further backed by nine Republican workers connected to the organization. According to
NBC News, a video tutorial of how to spoof door-knocks and send the fake data to America PAC was leaked to the public. Other cases of potential fraud included canvassers submitting data from locations far away from the homes they were expected to have visited.
Petition and giveaways For 2024 presidential election In October 2024, the PAC launched a petition effort focused on the
First and
Second Amendments. They offered $47 per referral of swing state voter. Musk tweeted, "For every person you refer who is a swing state voter, you get $47! Easy money." He later increased the referral amount to $100, also stating that he'd give away $1 million to a swing state petition signer each day until election day. Petition signers must be registered voters and provide contact information, making it "a data mining tool" for the PAC to contact voters. Law professor
Rick Hasen said that a $1 million giveaway limited to registered voters is a "clearly illegal" violation of
section 52 of the United States Code, which concerns voting regulations. On the same day that the warning was issued, the PAC did not announce any winner of the giveaway, with Musk offering no explanation as to why. On the day after, the organization resumed its activities and announced two more winners. On October 28,
Larry Krasner, the
district attorney for Philadelphia, filed suit against Musk and the PAC, alleging that it is an "illegal
lottery scheme" and violated state law. Krasner further stated that the civil lawsuit does not preclude any potential criminal prosecution. Musk attempted to have the case moved to federal court, but a federal judge ruled against him, and returned the case to state court. At a court hearing, Musks's lawyers stated that although Musk had said that the money would be awarded "randomly" and by "chance", the winners weren't chosen at random but instead were evaluated to "feel out their personality, (and) make sure they were someone whose values aligned" with the PAC and were being paid to serve as spokespersons. The winners also had to sign nondisclosure agreements. A judge dismissed Krasner's suit on November 4. After Musk's lawyers stated that the awards were not random, two giveaway participants, one from Texas and another from Michigan, filed lawsuits against Musk and America PAC in federal courts alleging that they had been misled by the defendants. The plaintiff in the Texas case stated that she would never have signed the petition had she known that the giveaways were not random. The Michigan plaintiff, who supported Kamala Harris for president, said that "the selection not only is not random, but is a targeted process that eliminates anyone who is not a Republican or vocal supporter of Donald Trump".
For 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election In 2025, America PAC conducted a petition/giveaway in Wisconsin asking voters to oppose "activist judges" in support of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate
Brad Schimel. Despite the scheme
Susan Crawford won. On March 27, the PAC announced that a petition signer had won a million dollars. The spending on the Wisconsin judicial election came as Tesla was suing the state to allow it to open dealerships. The petition and giveaway were challenged by
Wisconsin's attorney general but the courts did not take any action against them. On March 30, two more winners were announced and presented with checks for a million dollars at an event hosted by Musk in
Green Bay, Wisconsin. At the event Musk described the checks as a media gimmick. One winner said, "I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign a petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars." she was reported to be an employee of a Green Bay area company whose owner has contributed significantly to the ongoing judicial campaign. The other winner was reported to be the chair of the Wisconsin
College Republicans. On April 1, the PAC removed the video of the winners and replaced it with a reshoot which was almost identical except for excluding the word "vote". with the first winner now saying, "I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, and now I have a million dollars." == See also ==