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Our Democracy 2020
Our Democracy 2020
stated on October 26, 2016 a news release
Says an election clerk in Green Bay refused to allow early voting on the UW-Green Bay campus because she "was afraid it would help Democrats," showing "outrageous partisan bias."
Half-True
October 28, 2016
Barney Frank
Barney Frank
stated on September 28, 2016 a fundraising email supporting Illinois' 10th House District Democratic nominee Brad Schneider
"Paul Ryan’s already spent millions to try and permanently derail Brad (Schneider)’s progressive, energized campaign." 
Half-True
By Marc Filippino • October 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2016 a speech
"The man who was in charge of the investigation of Hillary Clinton accepted essentially from Hillary Clinton $675,000 that went to his wife."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 26, 2016
John Rafferty
John Rafferty
stated on October 16, 2016 a debate.
"Recently though, the media has reported on thousands of illegal voters here in the commonwealth."
Pants on Fire!
By Anna Orso • October 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 24, 2016 a rally in New Hampshire
Says Donald Trump is "the first person running for president, Republican or Democrat, who refused to say that he would respect the results of this election."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • October 25, 2016
No on 56 campaign
No on 56 campaign
stated on October 7, 2016 a campaign TV ad.
California’s proposed tobacco tax "diverts 82 percent of the new taxes to line the pockets of wealthy special interests like insurance companies who don't have to help even one more patient."  
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • October 25, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2016 a rally in Cleveland, Ohio
"14 percent of noncitizens are registered to vote."  
False
By Allison Graves • October 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 20, 2016 a speech at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner
In 1928 "school boards sent home letters with children saying that if Al Smith is elected president, you will not be allowed to have or read a Bible."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
"There was even a time when (Donald Trump) didn't get an Emmy for his TV program three years in a row and he started tweeting that the Emmys were rigged."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
"We have 17 intelligence agencies, civilian and military, who have all concluded that these espionage attacks, these cyberattacks, come from the highest levels of the Kremlin, and they are designed to influence our election."
True
By Lauren Carroll • October 20, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2016 a speech in Green Bay, Wisconsin
"It’s possible that non-citizen voters were responsible for Obama’s 2008 victory in North Carolina."
Pants on Fire!
By Will Doran • October 19, 2016
Ami Bera
Ami Bera
stated on October 18, 2016 a U.S. Congressional campaign debate
Says the U.S. Attorney’s Office said "that neither I nor my campaign had any idea what was going on" regarding my father's illegal campaign contributions. "And that’s why they closed this case."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • October 19, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2016 a tweet
"Of course, there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • October 17, 2016
Bruce Elfant
Bruce Elfant
stated on October 10, 2016 a press conference
Says over 90 percent of Travis County’s eligible residents have registered to vote.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 14, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 11, 2016 a tweet
Says he won the second debate with Hillary Clinton "in a landslide" in "every poll."
Pants on Fire!
October 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 10, 2016 a tweet
Says Paul Ryan "is still endorsing Trump."
True
October 11, 2016
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 5, 2016 a U.S. Senate campaign debate.
Says Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez "has passed one bill in her 20 years in Congress, and that was to rename a post office."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 6, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 12, 2016 an interview on CNN
"You've got a medical report on me that meets the same standard as Mitt Romney and Barack Obama."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2016
SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana
SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana
stated on August 25, 2016 a YouTube video
"In an interview with the Chicago Tribune's Editorial Board, Comptroller Leslie Munger says that in order to balance a budget, the state would have to 'cut social services completely.'"
False
By Kevin Hoffman • September 8, 2016
Rob Gleason
Rob Gleason
stated on August 29, 2016 a fundraising email
"As the election tracker FiveThirtyEight has reported, whoever wins Pennsylvania will be our next President."
Mostly False
By Kaylee Tornay • September 2, 2016
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