A Democratic state legislator from east Arkansas who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit election fraud said Thursday he believes he "corrupted" the voting process by participating in a scheme that included destroying ballots and exchanging money and food for votes.

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"I didn't initially really feel like what I was doing was wrong because I always heard that that's what you do over here," Hallum said. "As things started to progress, I started to realize that we were doing some things that were wrong and I just got wrapped up in the middle of things and I just turned away from it and allowed it to go on. That was wrong on my part."

Prosecutors said Hallum and his father, Kent, tasked campaign workers Phillip Wayne Carter and Sam Malone with obtaining absentee ballot applications for certain voters and assisting voters in filling out the ballots, while "actually completing absentee ballots in some instances without regard to the voter's actual candidate choice."

The ballots were typically placed in unsealed envelopes before being mailed to local election officials. Prosecutors said if a ballot had been cast for Hallum's opponent, it was destroyed. Prosecutors also accused the four of offering money and food to absentee voters in exchange for their support.

I would note this fraud involved absentee ballots. The Rethugs don't care about those, just the folks they can see at the polls who don't look Amurkin'.

Most righties don't know the difference between voter fraud and election fraud