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there are all kinds of rules and laws about sweepstakes and "lotteries." I recall this because McDonald's used to run them frequently when I was a marketing manager there. They boosted customer counts (read "sales" ) dramatically. However, as marketing management, we had to work closely with the lawyers to make sure we didn't get in trouble with the way we did the contest. I recall coming out of those meetings with my head spinning because there were so many things to think about and there were so many things could go wrong (innocently).

Then I had to make sure all this was observed in the advertising copy.

Surely many of you remember these promotions. Everytime you visited, you got a token, which you used to play the game. The prizes were large, monetarily. Definitely worth playing.

There is no doubt in my mind that Musk did things in opposition to the law. For one thing, you can't limit who can play. He did this. Now, maybe he found a way to restrict this state-wide, but somehow I doubt it.

on edit: Spoonamore's Duty letter spells out why they only wanted the street address:

He did not want to know people’s socials or send them texts. To sign up you had to provide your street address. That was all they cared about. Once they had the people’s names, and street address this would allow for building a pool of ghost voters who could logically be marked for fake ballots, structured in a manner which matched ePollBook and precinct data. You, as a member of law enforcement, understand criminals need certain pre-conditions to act. A database of pledged supporters with street addresses is required for this hack.

There will probably end up being a mass of lawbreaking, not just with this but with other areas, such as the NC votes. As our system has shown us, though, it is not up to a crime wave like trump.

Which is problematic: unless these questions are laid to rest, there is going to be a resistance to the legitimacy of government by a huge segment of the population.