Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Erin Paré
Erin Paré
stated on February 18, 2023 a tweet
Wake County is the only large county in North Carolina that elects its commissioners at-large countywide.
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By Paul Specht • March 10, 2023
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 1, 2023 Twitter
“Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won – by a large margin.”
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By Madeline Heim • January 13, 2023
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on October 30, 2022 an interview on Meet the Press
“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.
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By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2022
Liz Cheney
Liz Cheney
stated on October 28, 2022 an ad
Kari Lake and Mark Finchem “have said that they will only honor the results of an election if they agree with it."
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November 1, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 19, 2022 Campaign ad
If a 12-year-old girl became pregnant because of rape or incest, "Tim Michels would force her to deliver the baby."
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By Madeline Heim • October 21, 2022
Adrian Fontes
Adrian Fontes
stated on September 22, 2022 a debate
Mark Finchem “wants to strip Arizona’s citizens of their capacity to vote by mail.”
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By Renee Romo • September 30, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on September 2, 2022 News release
Says under his plan to end cash bail "the Waukesha perpetrator wouldn’t have been released "
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By D.L. Davis • September 22, 2022
Lee Zeldin
Lee Zeldin
stated on September 6, 2022 a news conference
Every time a Republican has been elected president over the last few decades, House Democrats have objected to the result
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 21, 2022
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on June 9, 2022 a tweet
“Bennie Thompson objected to the 2004 Presidential election.”
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By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2022
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 5, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Over time there have been 160-some carve-outs to the filibuster."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2021
Meagan Wolfe
Meagan Wolfe
stated on November 5, 2021 TV interview
"Only a court can decide that somebody is incompetent to vote" -- the state Election Commission "cannot force facilities, private facilities, to allow special voting deputies" inside.
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By D.L. Davis • November 18, 2021
Eric Toney
Eric Toney
stated on August 22, 2021 TV interview
"I'm the only front-line prosecutor in this race that's actually used the resources of the Wisconsin Crime Lab in the prosecution of cases."
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By Alan Hovorka • September 13, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 26, 2021 a proclamation
Women are "disproportionately impacted by voter ID laws — especially married women who change their names, or those whose IDs do not accurately reflect their gender."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 7, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2021 a speech in Philadelphia
"In 2020, more people voted in America than ever in the history of America, in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2021
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on March 26, 2021 an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper
“People don’t pretend to be someone else to go in and vote. You just don’t see that kind of fraud.”
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By Paul Specht • April 5, 2021
Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla
stated on March 22, 2021 remarks in a Senate hearing
“In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they’re able to cast their first ballot.”
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By Gabrielle Settles, Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 3, 2021 a Facebook post
In Aberdeen, Miss., “Massive 78% of mail-in ballots proved fraudulent, judge orders election do-over.”
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March 5, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 18, 2020 a roundtable with healthcare workers
The law governing the transition of presidential power “doesn’t require there to be an absolute winner. It says the ‘apparent' winner.”
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 24, 2020 Facebook post
An “anti-Black Lives Matter” flag replaced the American flag behind President Trump during a Waukesha campaign rally.
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By Laura Schulte • October 28, 2020
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 20, 2020 a virtual rally
You can vote in Wisconsin with a photo ID "even if that ID is expired or you've moved."
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • October 21, 2020
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