Elon Musk recently launched a political action committee that’s running ads on Google
One of the ads being run by America PAC, available on
YouTube, depicts a man laying in bed watching the attempted assassination of Trump back on July 13 at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The man appears to be texting with a friend, sending the video of Trump getting shot with a message that confusingly reads, “This is out of control!! How do I start?”
The friend on the other end of the phone replies with a text, “Register to vote! It’s easy!” along with a link to the America PAC website.
Anyone who clicks on “Register to Vote” on the America PAC website is greeted with a form with just two inputs: email address and zip code.
Gizmodo tried it out for ourselves, typing in a zip code for Southern California first, which simply directed us to a new page that had a link to the state of California.
But when we typed in a zip code for Wisconsin, one of the half-dozen or so states that Trump must win to beat presumed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, we were taken to a new form that asked for our address, birthday, and phone number.
Strangely, after filling all of that out and clicking “proceed,” users see a message that reads: “Thank you for taking the first step to register to vote in WISCONSIN. Please complete the form below and we will help you complete your registration.”
But there is no form below to “complete” your registration. This is all we saw while trying out the website on Friday: