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The lawsuit seeking class-action status claims the man, referred
to as Bucks County resident John Doe and requesting to remain
anonymous, received hourly pay for canvassing ahead of the
November presidential election, but that he was not fully paid
for the petition referrals.
It claims “John Doe” has repeatedly tried to obtain payment but
has not been successful. He says he has been in touch with
others who have the same complaint.
“There's been a lot of discussion and concern from people who
were not paid what they understood they were going to be paid,”
Shannon Liss-Riordan, a lawyer for “John Doe,” said in a phone
interview late Tuesday. The lawsuit was first reported by The
New York Times.
Musk's America PAC offered to pay $100 for registered voters to
sign the petition and $100 for people who referred a registered
voter who signed the petition.
“America PAC is committed to paying for every legitimate
petition signature, which is evidenced by the fact that we have
paid tens of millions of dollars to canvassers for their hard
work in support of our mission," America PAC spokesperson Andrew
Romeo said in an email. "While we don’t yet know who this ‘John
Doe’ plaintiff is and can’t speak to their specific
circumstances, we can say that we are also committed to rooting
out fraud and have the right to withhold payments to
fraudsters.”
The America PAC website says it has mailed out “the overwhelming
majority” of the checks it owes to petition signers but that
some “have been flagged for mismatched information” that
requires attention.
“The answer is basically, ‘we’re working on it,' but I think
that's been up there for a while," Liss-Riordan said.
The lawsuit accuses Musk, the PAC and Group America LLC of
breaching a contract and violating Pennsylvania state wage
payment law.
Musk gave $1 million checks Sunday to two Wisconsin voters,
calling them spokespeople for the political group, as voters
there were electing a Supreme Court justice on Tuesday.
In Pennsylvania last year, Democratic District Attorney Larry
Krasner of Philadelphia sued to challenge a $1 million voter
sweepstakes Musk ran. But a judge allowed it to continue, ruling
Krasner had not shown it amounted to an illegal lottery.
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