Elon Musk's VoteSafe.org shares users' personal information. Here's how we know

Claim: The voter registration website VoteSafe.org was funded by Elon Musk's America PAC and it collects and shares users' personal information. Rating: In September 2026, social media users circulated warnings about a website called VoteSafe.org, an online voter registration hub that allegedly collects and shares users' personal information. Posts on platforms such as Facebook (screenshot), Threads and Bluesky also claimed America PAC — the political action committee tech billionaire Elon Musk founded — operates and funds VoteSafe.org. Snopes readers contacted us to verify this claim. VoteSafe.org is, indeed, funded by Musk's America PAC, and according to the website's privacy policy, it may collect and share users' personal information. (VoteSafe.org also offers a way for users to opt out of having their personal information shared with third parties.) As such, we have rated this claim as true. The VoteSafe.org privacy policy page lists only one third party by name that it shares data with: a "business partner" called Western Creative Group. The company has no online presence; its Wyoming business license lists a law firm as its agent and organizer. The Washington Post reported in 2024 that Musk passed $20 million to "an advertising firm called Western Creative Group" to promote the idea that U.S. President Donald Trump "opposed a federal ban on abortion." We reached out to the law firm, Bailey Stock Harmon Cottam Lopez, to ask about its association with Western Creative Group and will update this story if we hear back. Snopes also asked America PAC for a list of third parties the political action committee shares information with. We await a response. It is also worth noting at least one Snopes reader asked whether Musk pays for Vote.org. Vote.org, another voter registration website, was established long before Musk's VoteSafe.org. Unlike VoteSafe.org, Vote.org is run by a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, and its tax filings and list of board members indicate that Vote.org has no affiliation with Musk. The similarly named official government voter registration page is vote.gov, as the ".gov" domain indicates. Elon Musk's America PAC linked to Vote Safe website The America PAC website (archived) prominently features a description on its homepage that says, "PAC Founded by Elon Musk." According to Federal Election Commission data, the vast majority of America PAC's funds come from Musk. The America PAC website also includes a banner that sends users to the VoteSafe.org webpage. On the VoteSafe.org webpage (archived), there are several additional indicators that America PAC funds VoteSafe.org. For example, the copyright notice at the bottom of the webpage says "AMERICA PAC." Underneath the notice, a disclaimer reads: Paid for by America PAC. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. www.theamericapac.org. More on VoteSafe.org's privacy policy VoteSafe.org's privacy policy, last updated Aug. 29, 2026, says America PAC "may collect, use and disclose" contact information and data about users political interests, employment, demographics, social media and internet activity to third parties, including but not limited to its "business partners." For example, here's the privacy policy's explanation on what America PAC may do with contact information: Contact Information. This may include your name, physical address, email address or telephone number. How We May Collect It: Directly from you; passively; or from third parties. How We May Use It: To provide and improve our Platform; to understand your interests; to communicate with you; for marketing purposes; for legal and security purposes; to combine information; as otherwise permitted by you or as we may notify you; or as directed by you. How We May Disclose It: Internally; on our Platform; with our business partners; with our service providers; with third parties for marketing purposes; with any successors to all or part of our business; to comply with laws or to protect ourselves; for other reasons we may describe to you; or as directed by you. We may share this information with our business partners for targeted marketing purposes or sell this information to our business partners. For more information about your right to opt out, please click here. While the VoteSafe.org privacy policy references selling user information, it's unclear whether America PAC directly sells information to third parties for monetary gain. That's because — as the privacy policy notes — some U.S. privacy laws have broadened the "sale" of information to mean more than just a monetary exchange. In California, for example, the "sale" of information can involve any exchange of a consumer's information "by a business to a third party" for any "valuable consideration." There's no clarification in the VoteSafe.org privacy policy about whether America PAC sells consumer information for money or for other reasons, aside from "targeted marketing purposes." It is unclear how many third parties have received information from America PAC. The political action committee's privacy policy notes that under California law, the state's residents have the right to ask once a year "whether we have shared personal information with third parties for their direct-marketing purposes." "To make a request, please submit a request via info@theamericapac.org," the policy says.