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Roger Roth
Roger Roth
stated on December 16, 2018 an appearance on "UpFront with Mike Gousha" on WISN-TV
In the lame-duck session, "no power was taken away from the governor. Power was not taken away from the attorney general."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • January 11, 2019
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on December 19, 2018 a press release
Says former North Carolina elections board chairman "tried to drag a cancer-stricken woman out of her hospital bed to testify at her son’s hearing on the first day of early voting over a bogus complaint that the board hadn’t even fully investigated."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 8, 2019
Jerry Falwell Jr.
Jerry Falwell Jr.
stated on January 1, 2019 a newspaper interview.
"This midterm (election), the president did better than the average president does in his first midterms."  
False
By Warren Fiske • January 8, 2019
North Carolina Democratic Party
North Carolina Democratic Party
stated on December 27, 2018 a tweet
Legislators are "ramming through a provision that’ll make investigations like #NC09 less transparent."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 7, 2019
Dallas Woodhouse
Dallas Woodhouse
stated on December 8, 2018 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
Dan Blue
Dan Blue
stated on December 6, 2018
"Public trust in our election system is at an all-time low."
False
By Paul Specht • December 18, 2018
Mark Herring
Mark Herring
stated on December 7, 2018
On resigning as attorney general if he decides to run for governor. 
No Flip
By Warren Fiske • December 18, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 9, 2018 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
December 13, 2018
Terry Van Duyn
Terry Van Duyn
stated on November 27, 2018 a speech
"Over 1,000 people were denied a ballot on Election Day" in the 2016 North Carolina primaries.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • December 11, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 3, 2018 a session with reporters
On taking major actions in a lame-duck session.
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • December 7, 2018
Crystal Quade
Crystal Quade
stated on December 8, 2018 an interview
Missouri "had the largest amount of millennial Democrats running than any other state in the country."
True
By Ryan Hanrahan • December 6, 2018
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on December 2, 2018 a press release
"There aren’t enough ballots in question to change the outcome" of the Harris vs. McCready race in NC Congressional District 9.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • December 4, 2018
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on December 3, 2018 a public forum
On how much power the Wisconsin governor should have.
Full Flop
By D.L. Davis • December 3, 2018
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on November 18, 2018 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
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
stated on November 15, 2018 on Fox Business Network
"We are watching, you know, millions of illegal immigrants cross our borders, and many of them voting in the past election that's what, just a couple weeks ago."
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • November 16, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 14, 2018 an interview with the Daily Caller
"If you buy, you know, a box of cereal, if you do anything, you have a voter ID. … The only thing you don’t is if you’re a voter of the United States."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2018
Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell
stated on November 12, 2018 on MSNBC
Says "Brenda Snipes in Broward County is a Republican."
False
By John Kruzel • November 14, 2018
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 12, 2018 in a tweet
"Nearly 200,000 Florida voters may not be citizens."
False
By Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias • November 13, 2018
Ken Blackwell
Ken Blackwell
stated on November 9, 2018 in an interview
"Democrats and their allies (...) are manufacturing voters."
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • November 13, 2018
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 8, 2018 a tweet
"#Broward elections department has a history of violating the law."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 12, 2018
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