Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit Friday afternoon seeking to block billionaire Elon Musk from distributing $1 million payments to voters just days before the state's hotly contested Supreme Court election.Late Friday night, the judge assigned to the case, the Honorable Columbia County Circuit Court Judge W. Andrew Voigt, refused to hear the lawsuit before Sunday's Green Bay town hall with Musk, so Kaul filed an emergency motion asking a Court of Appeals to take action.The lawsuit, filed in Dane County Circuit Court, aimed to prevent Musk from proceeding with his planned Sunday event where he intended to hand out substantial cash payments to Wisconsin residents who signed a petition against "activist judges.""The Wisconsin Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that elections in Wisconsin are safe, secure, free and fair," Kaul said in a statement. "Based on our understanding of applicable Wisconsin law, we have taken legal action to seek a court order to stop this from happening."The legal challenge comes after Musk, a White House senior adviser in the Trump administration, initially announced Thursday on social media that he would "personally hand over two checks for a million dollars each" to voters who participated in the Supreme Court election. Musk deleted the post Friday and later clarified that the money would go to people who would serve as "spokesmen" for an online petition against "activist judges."Wisconsin law makes it a felony to offer anything of value to induce a voter to cast a ballot or refrain from voting. Violators can face fines up to $10,000, imprisonment up to three-and-a-half years, or both.Judge Crawford was randomly assigned to hear the lawsuit. Friday, she recued herself in the matter, and the case was reassigned to Voight. Crawford is also one of the candidates in Tuesday's Supreme Court election, facing off against former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel.Musk's political action committee had already awarded $1 million to Scott Ainsworth, a mechanical engineer from Green Bay, for signing its petition. In a video posted on social media, Ainsworth encouraged people to sign the petition and "get out and vote early for Brad Schimel."The Supreme Court race has already broken spending records for a judicial contest in U.S. history, with funds raised exceeding $81 million. Musk has been the largest financial contributor, though billionaire George Soros and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker have donated a combined $3.5 million to Crawford's campaign.The outcome of Tuesday's election will determine ideological control of Wisconsin's Supreme Court, which could have significant implications for issues ranging from abortion rights to redistricting in this key battleground state.Top Headlines19 guns, 114 bullets: Police search for shooters in Dineen Park mass shootingAmtrak trains in Milwaukee to see delays and possible travel alternativesNew Trump tariffs expected to impact car prices in Milwaukee area Community cleanup volunteer confronts serial dumper at former Sears siteWATCH Building collapses in Bangkok, Thailand, following an earthquake in neighboring Myanmar.