Elon Musk said the ideological balance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court could determine "the future of civilization" as he spoke to a crowd of 2,000 supporters at a Green Bay rally on Sunday.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court currently has a 4-3 liberal majority, with one of the liberal justices retiring, the balance of the court is at stake.

Elon Musk is supporting the conservative candidate for Wisconsin's open state Supreme Court seat. Several groups aligned with Democrats accuse Musk of trying to buy the seat. The election there is seen as one of the first major tests of the popularity of President Trump's agenda.

Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters, declaring them spokespeople for his political group, ahead of a Wisconsin Supreme Court election that the tech billionaire cast as critical to President Donald Trump's agenda and “the future of civilization.

On the west side of the KI center, supporters waited to enter the town hall. On the east side, protesters lined the sidewalk.

GREEN BAY - Elon Musk is scheduled to hold a town hall Sunday night in Green Bay ahead of the April 1 election. The billionaire has already poured in millions of dollars into the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race to back Waukesha County judge and conservative candidate Brad Schimel over Dane County judge and liberal candidate Susan Crawford.

The world’s richest man made inaccurate claims about entitlement fraud, how a government payment system works and government survey costs.

Speaking at a rally Sunday night, Musk said "we just want judges to be judges", before handing out two $1m (£750,000) cheques to voters who had signed a petition to stop "activis

Elon Musk also promised smaller payments to others who help elect a conservative candidate to the state's top court in a closely watched election.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order seeking to change how elections are run in the U.S. is creating uncertainty for state and local election officials and worries about voter confusion before the next federal election,

President Trump's executive order seeking broad changes to how elections are run in the U.S. holds the potential to reorder voting, even as it faces almost certain litigation.

President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order this week calling for changes to U.S. elections, including requirements for people to prove citizenship when registering to vote and to have ballots be cast and received by Election Day.