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Randi Shade
Randi Shade
stated on May 19, 2011 a statement.
Says that several times in the last 15 years, Austin City Council candidates have won seats after trailing by more than 4,000 votes in the election prompting the runoff.  
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2011
Kurt Browning
Kurt Browning
stated on May 23, 2011 a guest column published in the 'St. Petersburg Times'
"Early voting remains at 96 hours."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • May 23, 2011
Randi Shade
Randi Shade
stated on May 17, 2011 a press release.
"The turnout on May 14th was just 7 percent -- the lowest turnout in decades."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2011
Michael McAuliff
Michael McAuliff
stated on May 17, 2011 website article
"Tommy Thompson wanted to implant data chips in humans."
Mostly True
May 22, 2011
Rhode Island ACLU
Rhode Island ACLU
stated on May 4, 2011 a news release
"No other Northeastern state has passed a photo ID law"
True
By Richard Salit • May 22, 2011
Terry Moulton
Terry Moulton
stated on April 28, 2011 letters to constituents
"Wisconsin is one of the few states in the country that do not currently require a photographic identification" to vote.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • May 18, 2011
Kim Simac
Kim Simac
stated on April 29, 2011 a news release
Says people who signed recall petitions against Wisconsin state Sen. Jim Holperin received "harassing phone calls from out-of-state telemarketers claiming to represent the Democratic Party and insinuating foul play by petition circulators."
True
May 18, 2011
Mike Bennett
Mike Bennett
stated on May 5, 2011 comments made on the Senate floor.
Says people in Africa "literally walk two and three hundred miles" in order to vote.
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • May 6, 2011
Herb Kohl
Herb Kohl
stated on April 28, 2011 remarks to reporters
"I’ve been through four campaigns and have not done any negative campaigning."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 6, 2011
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on May 2, 2011 a press conference
"55 percent of the people who cast a provisional ballot (in Florida) in the last presidential election -- their vote did not count."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 2, 2011
Troy Fraser
Troy Fraser
stated on April 19, 2011 a Texas Senate committee hearing.
Says it probably costs more than $300,000 to run for a seat on the Pedernales Electric Cooperative board of directors.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2011
Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on April 7, 2011 remarks to the Ohio League of Women Voters
Says that while his plan would narrow the time for early voting, "it still will be one of the most aggressive early voting time frames in America."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Marshall • May 2, 2011
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on April 22, 2011 a tweet
Republicans offered Wisconsin bar patrons "free shots (of alcohol) to sign recall petitions against" Democrats.
Mostly False
May 1, 2011
JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on April 20, 2011 remarks at a news conference
"There are legitimate and widespread anomalies, and widespread questions about the conduct of (the Wisconsin Supreme Court) election, most visibly in Waukesha County, but also in counties around the state."  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 29, 2011
Miguel Diaz de la Portilla
Miguel Diaz de la Portilla
stated on April 15, 2011 a Senate Rules Committee meeting
In early voting in Miami-Dade County, "there is a trickle of two or three people a day at a very high cost to keep those public libraries and polls open."
False
By Laura Figueroa • April 26, 2011
Eric Eisnaugle
Eric Eisnaugle
stated on April 21, 2011 comments made on the House floor
"Mickey Mouse was registered to vote (in Florida)."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 26, 2011
Kathy Nickolaus
Kathy Nickolaus
stated on April 7, 2011 remarks at a news conference
Human error, such as skipping a community in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, "is common in (the vote-tabulation) process.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 17, 2011
Scott Randolph
Scott Randolph
stated on April 4, 2011 comments during an appearance on 'The Rachel Maddow Show' on MSNBC
"We have a guy who is going to be speaker of the House in four years, and his name has been on the ballot one time."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 11, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on April 5, 2011 a YouTube video
Virginia was named "best managed state, best state for business and best state to raise a child" while I was governor. 
True
By Jacob Geiger • April 7, 2011
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on March 22, 2011
"Across the United States, 25 percent of voting age African Americans do not have the photo ID that this bill would require."
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • April 7, 2011
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