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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 28, 2019 a Facebook post:
"Chicago now has City ID Cards which allow illegal immigrants to vote in local, state & federal elections."
False
By Miriam Valverde • March 4, 2019
Chuck McGrady
Chuck McGrady
stated on February 13, 2019 a press conference:
Says "nearly half" of House Republicans have supported a nonpartisan redistricting bill.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • February 15, 2019
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Viral image
stated on February 13, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says Eric Trump said, "The president should be able to choose governors, senators, and congressmen, just like our founders meant it to be. The only election should be for president."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 14, 2019
Dallas Woodhouse
Dallas Woodhouse
stated on January 17, 2019 a tweet:
Says the NC elections board received "no calls" after alerting Bladen County voters to possible absentee ballot fraud.
False
By Paul Specht • January 30, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2019 a tweet:
"58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 28, 2019
Matthew Rothschild
Matthew Rothschild
stated on January 3, 2019 a radio interview:
The NRA is "one of the biggest lobbyists here in the capital. They spend a ton of money during elections. …  they spent more than a million dollars here in Wisconsin on the 2018 elections. Most of that was for Walker, or more specifically against Evers."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • January 24, 2019
Jim Ott
Jim Ott
stated on December 3, 2018 a newsletter:
"Municipalities are now required to have two or more polling locations opened 24-hours a day, two weeks before any election."
False
By Mica Soellner • January 15, 2019
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on December 26, 2018 a Facebook post:
A bill passed by GOP legislators "makes it harder to prosecute people and groups that violate campaign finance laws."
True
By Paul Specht • January 14, 2019
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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
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