It was literally not-- it was ongoing text messages and a concerted effort to deceive. But of course you don't believe anything that the wire service is or the federal government reports today anyway. So you can make up your own alternative facts!
That was not a meme or a joke-- that was a deliberate effort to subvert voting rights. YOu can read about it from the official site of the United States' attorney's office in New York. Were you misled by by meme, posted on a meme site? HAW HAW HAW. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer-douglass-mackey-convicted-election-interference-2016