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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 20, 2020 in 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
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2020 in Speech:
“All the billionaires in America, their net worth combined … has increased by $800 billion” during the pandemic.
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • October 12, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2020 in a speech:
“If you just count all the deaths in the red states, we are number two in the world in deaths, just behind Brazil.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • October 1, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 31, 2020 in a speech:
“I am not banning fracking.”
Mostly True
By Jessica Calefati • September 1, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech in Dunmore, Pa.:
"Three hundred sixty thousand Pennsylvanians fought on the side of the Union to defeat the flag, that Confederate flag, including more Black soldiers coming from Pennsylvania than any other state in the nation."
Mostly True
By Jessica Calefati • July 10, 2020
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on March 17, 2020 in remarks at a press conference:
Says it was “unquestionably” not within his “legal authority” to postpone Illinois’ primary election by changing the date or shifting to vote-by-mail.
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 5, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says 93,000 blacks didn’t vote in Milwaukee (in 2016)
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • March 19, 2020
Wayne Goodwin
Wayne Goodwin
stated on December 14, 2019 in a tweet:
Says his opponent for NC Insurance Commissioner is a "perennial candidate" over 30 years.
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • December 23, 2019
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on October 29, 2019 in a pre-legislative media forum:
While previous clemency boards granted restoration of civil rights to thousands of Floridians,  "so far this year, under this clemency board, four (felons) have gotten their rights back."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 21, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 29, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Donald Trump's claim that "there was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our country, a person is innocent" directly contradicts Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s statement.
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • May 30, 2019
Eric Burlison
Eric Burlison
stated on February 13, 2019 in a Senate hearing:
Says SJR 11 "seeks to fix what is very quickly becoming a problem in Missouri — initiative petitions and referendums are being filed at record highs."
Mostly True
By Yue Yu • April 17, 2019
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on April 3, 2019 in a tweet:
"FYI: the last statewide recount in WI was in 2016. After that recount, the vote margin changed by only 131 out of the 2.7 million votes cast." 
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 7, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 10, 2019 in speech at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire:
I received "more votes from young people — black, white, Latino, Asian American and Native American — than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined."
Mostly True
By Kit Norton • March 16, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke crashed into barriers, "causing a collision while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke perpetuated stereotypes, "casting aspersions on working women whose ‘only qualifications seemed to be large breasts and tight buttocks’."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Dallas Woodhouse
Dallas Woodhouse
stated on December 8, 2018 in a tweet:
Says no elections protest was filed, McCready conceded and "every" county board certified its results from the Mark Harris, Dan McCready race.
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • December 21, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 9, 2018 in an interview:
"At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 13, 2018
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on November 18, 2018 in a TV interview:
"One year ago, (Republicans) would not fill seats vacated for people who went to the administration because of the cost of those elections. Now, they’re talking about changing the rules to add additional elections that will cost millions of dollars of taxpayer expense."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • November 28, 2018
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 8, 2018 in a tweet:
"#Broward elections department has a history of violating the law."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 12, 2018
Scott Galloway
Scott Galloway
stated on November 7, 2018 in a tweet:
"The number of people who just got their voting rights restored in Florida is greater than the populations of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana, Maine and New Hampshire."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 8, 2018
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