Chair Electric

What happens if the sponge isn’t wet in an electrocution by electric chair?

In the movie “The Green Mile”, a character is electrocuted in the electric chair without the sponge between his skull and the electrifier being wet. Why does it need to be wet? What happens if it isn’t wet?
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“Water, particularly salt water, is a good conductor of electricity. Having the brine-soaked sponge causes the electricity to move in a more efficient line thus killing the prisoner faster. Without the sponge, the body would cook, and death would be much more agonizing, as seen during Del (Michael Jeter)’s execution.”

Execution on the electric chair explained

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