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Subject: Trump-led group offered $5M for proof of voter fraud but found nothing
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Date: 16 Feb 2025 16:53:15 GMT
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From the «big, beautiful fail» department:
Title: Musk-linked group offered $5m for proof of voter fraud – and came up with nothing
Author: Brendan Fischer and Emma Steiner
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:00:11 +0000
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/elon-musk-voter-fraud-group
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Fair Election Fund has yet to reveal evidence of voter fraud despite
deep-pocketed backers – and has now gone silent

In May 2024, a flashy ad[1] went viral on social media warning that “across the
country, there are real cases of fraud and abuses of the [election] system that
have eroded our trust”. The ad[1] pledged that “whistleblowers” who shared
evidence of election fraud “will be rewarded with payment from our $5m fund”.

This reward was courtesy of a just-announced group, the Fair Election Fund[2],
which has deep connections to Elon Musk’s political network, according to
materials obtained by Documented.

This article was produced in partnership with Documented[3], an investigative
watchdog and journalism project. Brendan Fischer is deputy executive director
and Emma Steiner is a researcher with Documented
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Links:
[1]: https://x.com/FairElectFund/status/1786781178886033519 (link)
[2]: https://thefairelectionfund.com/ (link)
[3]: https://documented.net/ (link)
[4]: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/elon-musk-voter-fraud-group (link)