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Paul Saldaña
Paul Saldaña
stated on January 13, 2016 a civic summit hosted by Austin's KLRU-TV:
A Texas law requires every high school to have a voter registrar "and part of their responsibility is to make sure that when children become 18 and become eligible to vote, that they vote."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2016
Will Kraus
Will Kraus
stated on August 30, 2015 an episode of "This Week in Missouri Politics":
Says Missouri needs a voter I.D. law because "there’s over 16 people in the state of Missouri who have been convicted of some type of voter fraud."
Half-True
By Adam Aton • January 4, 2016
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on November 10, 2015 a TV ad:
Says Russ Feingold "wanted to get money out of politics. Now he's profiting from that same dark money."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 27, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 19, 2015 a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations:
"The Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for the kind of leadership they want."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 23, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 6, 2015 a series of tweets:
Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board "ignored their duties and did not regularly audit" voters to remove felons "for a span of 16 elections.
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • November 6, 2015
Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah
stated on November 3, 2015 a broadcast of "The Daily Show":
"Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 4, 2015
Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt
stated on September 13, 2015 a panel discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says history suggests sports will "quickly subsume a lot of the attention span of the country" in the presidential primary.  
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By Jon Greenberg • September 16, 2015
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on September 6, 2015 a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
"Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2015
Limberbutt McCubbins
Limberbutt McCubbins
stated on July 9, 2015 comments on his website.:
"Limberbutt McCubbins (a five-year-old cat) is a candidate" in the 2016 presidential election.
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • July 14, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech:
My support from young voters -- those 18 to 24 --  in November 2014 was "largely unheard of for a Republican."
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • June 22, 2015
Andy Craig
Andy Craig
stated on May 11, 2015 a news release:
"Thanks to restrictive and anticompetitive ballot laws," candidates in November 2014 ran unopposed in nearly half of Wisconsin’s state representative races but in Michigan and Minnesota nearly all races had challengers.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 3, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 a town hall in Austin, Texas:
"In this last election in November, ... 63 percent of the American people chose not to vote, ... 80 percent of young people, (and) 75 percent of low-income workers chose not to vote."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 24, 2015 a speech:
Wisconsin requires, "by law, a photo ID to vote."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 30, 2015
Jose Diaz-Balart
Jose Diaz-Balart
stated on November 9, 2014 a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Every single day in this country, 1,000 people are deported and the vast majority of those people that are deported aren't criminals."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2014
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on October 7, 2014 a U.S. Senate debate:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn was "handpicked" by President Barack Obama
Half-True
By April Hunt • November 1, 2014
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on October 2, 2014 a broadcast of Fox News' "Outnumbered":
Democrats give "Newports to the homeless to get them to the polls."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 28, 2014
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on October 1, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
"An overwhelming majority of Republican and Democrat law enforcement leaders have endorsed Brad Schimel."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 13, 2014
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on August 13, 2014 a newsletter.:
Virginia Democrats recently enforced voter ID rules that were "considerably more stringent than those contained in the state law they denounce."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • September 9, 2014
John Carlevale
John Carlevale
stated on August 10, 2014 an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program:
"Over 60 percent of the provisional ballots cast in [the 2012] election were disqualified because those folks were not duly registered as voters."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 26, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 1, 2014 a press statement:
"Attorney General Eric Holder’s own Justice Department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law" about early voting in Florida.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 4, 2014
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