Case
Hudson Hallum
Year:
2012
State:
ARKANSAS
Case Type:
CRIMINAL CONVICTION
Fraud Type:
FRAUDULENT USE OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS,BUYING VOTES
Outcome:
Democratic Rep. Hudson Hallum, his father Kent Hallum, and two campaign workers, Phillip Wayne Carter and Sam Malone, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit election fraud. The lawmaker's campaign bribed absentee voters and destroyed ballots in the Arkansas District 54 primary, runoff, and general elections in 2011. Hudson Hallam was sentenced to one year of home detention, three years' probation, and was ordered to pay a $20,000 fine and complete 100 hours of community service.