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Mike Collins
Mike Collins
stated on June 23, 2014 in 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 in 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."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 23, 2014
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on June 22, 2014 in 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."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • June 22, 2014
Put Alaska First PAC
Put Alaska First PAC
stated on June 2, 2014 in 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.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 13, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 1, 2014 in a TV interview:
Under Wisconsin law, "anyone who knows anything about a John Doe" secret criminal investigation "can't talk about it."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • June 12, 2014
Steve King
Steve King
stated on May 22, 2014 in a House floor speech:
Says Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., only needs about 40,000 to 50,000 votes to win election to Congress compared with the 120,000 votes King needs, because Waters has a higher immigrant population.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 30, 2014
Annette Taddeo
Annette Taddeo
stated on April 21, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Over 20 percent of the electorate is Hispanic" in Florida.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 28, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 11, 2014 in a speech:
The U.S. Justice Department has "taken on more than 100 voting rights cases since 2009."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2014
Rock the Vote
Rock the Vote
stated on March 11, 2014 in a tweet:
Says 50 percent of millennials don’t associate with "any political party."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2014
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on February 12, 2014 in a television ad:
Obamacare includes a "$700 billion cut from Medicare for seniors."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead, Steve Contorno • February 14, 2014
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on December 10, 2013 in an email blast:
"This is the first time in Texas history -- and only the fourth time in United States history -- that two women are running for the top spots."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 26, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 7, 2013 in a donation web page:
Wendy Davis is "fighting to bring ... Bloomberg-style gun control to Texas."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • November 8, 2013
James Vincent
James Vincent
stated on August 4, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":
Twenty four states have voter ID or comparable restrictions; before Barack Obama was elected, it was two.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2013
Raymond Gallison
Raymond Gallison
stated on June 13, 2013 in a House floor debate:
"Seventy-four percent of Rhode Islanders support [a] national popular vote [for president] because they, as I, believe in one person-one vote."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2013
Bryan Long
Bryan Long
stated on April 24, 2013 in a panel discussion:
Fewer Democrats were on the Georgia general election ballot in 2012 than in more than 100 years.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • May 29, 2013
Christopher L. Smith
Christopher L. Smith
stated on April 21, 2013 in a column in the South Florida Sun Sentinel:
The election bill "allows persons to correct an absentee ballot if they did not sign it and requires an extra two hours a day for early voting. Everything else in this bill is discretionary."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 23, 2013
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on February 24, 2013 in newspaper column:
"Opponents of Section 5 (of the Voting Rights Act) complain of state expense, yet their only cost is the paper, postage and manpower required to send copies of legislation to the federal government for review."
Half-True
By Janel Davis • April 3, 2013
Bill Seitz
Bill Seitz
stated on March 13, 2013 in testimony before a House committee:
Says that Secretary of State Jon Husted and former secretary Jennifer Brunner both have supported a provision in Senate Bill 47 that would limit the days organizers have to collect signatures for initiative and referendum petitions.
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By Brandon Blackwell • April 1, 2013
Robert Kando
Robert Kando
stated on March 7, 2013 in testimony before the R.I. House Oversight Committee:
Rhode Island is the last state still using the Optech III P voting machines and they don’t meet suggested federal standards.
Half-True
By Tom Mooney • March 16, 2013
John Roberts
John Roberts
stated on February 27, 2013 in a Supreme Court oral argument:
"Do you know which state has the worst ratio of white voter turnout to African-American voter turnout? Massachusetts. Do you know what has the best, where African-American turnout actually exceeds white turnout? Mississippi."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2013
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