Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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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.
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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
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."
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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
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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.
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By Amy Sherman • August 4, 2014
Mike Collins
Mike Collins
stated on June 23, 2014 a Twitter post
Another great endorsement! Barrow Journal explains the difference between me and Jody Hice.
Half-True
By April Hunt • July 12, 2014
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 13, 2014 his campaign website
"Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a bill that gives Florida's public officials an easy way to avoid disclosing their personal finances."
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By Joshua Gillin • June 23, 2014
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on June 22, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
The IRS "also investigated liberal groups, groups that had progressive in their name. ... The IRS was basically looking at everybody."
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By Steve Contorno • June 22, 2014
Put Alaska First PAC
Put Alaska First PAC
stated on June 2, 2014 a television ad
"It was Dan Sullivan who wrote a bill to cut Alaskans out of those decisions" about where they can hunt and fish.
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By Lauren Carroll • June 13, 2014
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