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In 1958, Pollard exposed a voter corruption case in Bald Knob, a small city near Searcy. Election workers cast "absentee ballots" for some thirty pipeline construction workers and their spouses. However, the workers were outside of Arkansas at the time of the election, which included a [[prohibition]] measure on the ballot. They did not cast absentee votes, according to their affidavits, which were presented by Pollard to the White County prosecutor, who declined to take action until after the [[statute of limitations]] had expired, when the charges were moot.<ref name=statement/>​
 
In 1958, Pollard exposed a voter corruption case in Bald Knob, a small city near Searcy. Election workers cast "absentee ballots" for some thirty pipeline construction workers and their spouses. However, the workers were outside of Arkansas at the time of the election, which included a [[prohibition]] measure on the ballot. They did not cast absentee votes, according to their affidavits, which were presented by Pollard to the White County prosecutor, who declined to take action until after the [[statute of limitations]] had expired, when the charges were moot.<ref name=statement/>​
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In 1954, as a Democrat, Pollard had supported the Republican [[governor|gubernatorial]] nominee Pratt C. Remmel, then the [[mayor]] of [[Little Rock]]. Six years later, he supported as a Republican Henry M. Britt of Hot Springs for governor. Britt was later a judge in Garland County.<ref name=statement/>
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In 1954, as a Democrat, Pollard had supported the Republican [[governor|gubernatorial]] nominee [[Pratt Remmel]], then the [[mayor]] of [[Little Rock]]. Six years later, he supported as a Republican [[Henry M. Britt]] of Hot Springs for governor. Britt was later a judge in Garland County.<ref name=statement/>
    
===Relations with Orval Faubus===
 
===Relations with Orval Faubus===
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Both Remmel and Britt waged their races against Democrat [[Orval Faubus]]. On one occasion, Pollard visited Faubus's home in Huntsville in Madison County in northwestern Arkansas, at which he was shown Faubus's impressive display of state newspapers on all aspects of Faubus's political career. Pollard said that Faubus immediately found newspaper articles in which Pollard had criticized his policies and showed them to Pollard in jest. Pollard said that he learned that Faubus had become disillusioned with some of his former political allies who defected in 1974 to  David Hampton Pryor, Faubus's successful party rival in the gubernatorial primary that year.<ref name=statement/>​
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Both Remmel and Britt waged their races against Democrat [[Orval E. Faubus]]. On one occasion, Pollard visited Faubus's home in Huntsville in Madison County in northwestern Arkansas, at which he was shown Faubus's impressive display of state newspapers on all aspects of Faubus's political career. Pollard said that Faubus immediately found newspaper articles in which Pollard had criticized his policies and showed them to Pollard in jest. Pollard said that he learned that Faubus had become disillusioned with some of his former political allies who defected in 1974 to  David Hampton Pryor, Faubus's successful party rival in the gubernatorial primary that year.<ref name=statement/>​
 
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By 1964, Pollard was active in the [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] campaign, but Rockefeller also lost that year to Faubus.<ref>{{cite journal|title= "Friendly Rivalry: Winthrop Rockefeller Challenges Orval Faubus in 1964"|journal=The Arkansas Historical Quarterly|volume=53|issue=4|pages=446–473|publisher=''Arkansas Historical Quarterly'', Vol. 53, No. 4 (Winter 1994)|jstor = 40030909|author=Billy Hathorn|year=1994|doi=10.2307/40030909}}</ref>​
 
By 1964, Pollard was active in the [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] campaign, but Rockefeller also lost that year to Faubus.<ref>{{cite journal|title= "Friendly Rivalry: Winthrop Rockefeller Challenges Orval Faubus in 1964"|journal=The Arkansas Historical Quarterly|volume=53|issue=4|pages=446–473|publisher=''Arkansas Historical Quarterly'', Vol. 53, No. 4 (Winter 1994)|jstor = 40030909|author=Billy Hathorn|year=1994|doi=10.2307/40030909}}</ref>​
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