GREEN BAY, Wis. – State Representative Amaad Rivera-Wagner (D-Green Bay) renewed his call for equal enforcement of Wisconsin’s election laws as the criminal referral involving Elon Musk moves to an independent prosecutor following the Brown County District Attorney’s recusal. During Wisconsin’s 2025 Supreme Court election, after Elon Musk publicly offered and distributed $1 million payments tied to voting, Rivera-Wagner organized a community rally that brought together everyday Wisconsinites from across the political spectrum around a simple belief: Wisconsin’s elections are not for sale.

Last month, Rivera-Wagner organized a press conference with Brown County leaders calling for accountability regardless of wealth or status and highlighted legislation he introduced with Representative Lee Snodgrass to explicitly prohibit payments intended to influence voting, ensuring no one can ever attempt to buy a Wisconsin election again.

The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5-1 to find probable cause that Wisconsin’s election bribery law may have been violated and referred the matter for criminal review. The referral will now receive an independent review by another prosecutor.

“Justice cannot depend on your ZIP code, your last name, or your net worth,” Rivera-Wagner said. “Whether someone lives in Brown County or anywhere else in Wisconsin, the law should be applied equally. We’ve watched ordinary people face investigations and consequences for far less, while one of the wealthiest people in the world openly announced, celebrated, and carried out conduct that had never happened in Wisconsin’s history. Equal justice means the same rules apply to everyone. No one should ever be able to buy an election in Wisconsin. Our democracy belongs to the people, not the highest bidder. That’s why Representative Snodgrass and I introduced legislation to make it unmistakably clear that our elections cannot be bought,” said Rivera-Wagner. 

He added that the investigation is about more than one individual. “This has never been about politics. It’s about whether the rule of law means the same thing for everyone. Wisconsinites deserve confidence that our elections are decided by voters, not by billionaires, and that no one is above the law.”