New Delhi, July 15 -- MADISON, WIS. - The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5-1 on Monday to refer two complaints against Elon Musk to the Brown County district attorney's office, finding probable cause that the billionaire violated state law when he offered $1 million in payments to Wisconsin voters ahead of a 2025 state Supreme Court election.

The commission's motion stated it found probable cause that Musk "broke Wisconsin law by making a social media post offering $1 million to people who voted in the Supreme Court election 'in order to induce them to vote in that election.'" Wisconsin's election bribery statute prohibits offering anything of value to a voter to induce them to participate in an election. The commission concluded t...