Elon Musk is giving away millions. Can Kentucky voters see some of that money? Is it legal? Here's what we know.

A look at the legal ins and outs of a Trump-ally scheme that some legal experts call illegal — but which at the very least exploits a loophole.

Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaway for voters who sign his free-speech and gun-rights petition falls into a gray area of election law, and legal experts are divided about whether the billionaire supporter of Donald Trump could be running afoul of prohibitions on paying people to register to vote.

Mr. Musk, a megadonor, had flummoxed some Trump advisers by previously declining to write a “super max” check directly to the former president’s campaign.