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Viral post claims precinct in Allen West race had 900 ballots cast but only 7 registered voters

By Amy Sherman November 20, 2012

A precinct in the Allen West-Patrick Murphy recount has "7 registered voters in Guatemalan community and the tally showed 900 voted!!!!!"

Did Portland’s bag ban only target a ‘modest share’ of single-use plastic bags?

By Ian K. Kullgren November 20, 2012

Says the initial Portland plastic bag ban represented "only a modest share of total single-use checkout bag use."

Group claims New Jersey’s classrooms received $930 million from the state’s lottery

By Erin O'Neill November 19, 2012

"In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million."

Online petition claims Obama got more votes in one Ohio county than there are registered voters

By Tom Feran November 19, 2012

"In one county alone in Ohio, President Obama received 106,258 votes. But there were only 98,213 eligible voters."

Freedom From Religion Foundation says secular Americans fastest growing group

November 18, 2012

"Secular Americans are the fastest-growing religious identification demographic in this country."  

Chris Christie says New Jersey receives the smallest return of any state on the federal taxes it pays

By Erin O'Neill November 18, 2012

Says New Jersey is "50th in return of our federal tax dollars."

County Line restaurant chain says full- and part-time workers will be required to buy insurance costing $375 to $1,000 a month, starting in 2014

By W. Gardner Selby November 18, 2012

Says that under the new healthcare law, full- and part-time workers will be required to buy insurance costing $375 to $1,000 a month, starting in…

Lamar Alexander says more Tennesseeans have hunting and fishing licenses than vote

By Zack McMillin November 18, 2012

"More Tennesseans have hunting and fishing licenses than vote."

Leader of Alliance for Safe Communities says 3,000 felons voted in Rhode Island in 2008

By John Hill November 18, 2012

Three thousand felons voted in Rhode Island in 2008.

New Hampshire’s new governor Maggie Hassan claims link between low unemployment and taxes

By Jake Berry November 16, 2012

Says New Hampshire had the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the country during Maggie Hassan’s time in the state Senate.

Is the Multnomah County Library system the second busiest in the nation?

By Ian K. Kullgren November 16, 2012

Says the Multnomah County Library system "is the second busiest in the nation."

Terral Smith says that 40 years ago, U.S. placed Texas under Voting Rights act for failing to print ballots in Spanish

By Sue Owen November 16, 2012

Says 40 years ago, the U.S. placed Texas under Voting Rights Act for failing to print ballots in Spanish.

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