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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 in a speech at Texas Southern University
"In Florida, when Jeb Bush was governor, state authorities conducted a deeply flawed purge of voters before the presidential election in 2000" and "in 2004 a plan to purge even more voters was headed off."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech
"Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters."
Mostly True
By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech
"In New Jersey, Gov. Christie vetoed legislation to extend early voting."
Mostly True
By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 13, 2015 a Facebook post
Says Marco Rubio said that "felons should not have their voting rights restored" but that "convicted felons should be allowed to own guns after they have done their time."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 27, 2015
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Institute for Women's Policy Research
stated on May 20, 2015 a new report
Georgia ranks 49th for women serving in elected state and federal offices.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • May 27, 2015
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on May 14, 2015 a tweet
Democrat "Russ Feingold announced his Wisconsin Senate run today from…California."
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • May 22, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 27, 2015 an interview
Says the recall elections that aimed to remove him and other Republican officials from office "cost tens of millions of dollars to run."
Mostly False
May 4, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 18, 2015 remarks in New Hampshire
"About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2015
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on April 14, 2015 a panel discussion on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"
"The president and vice president can't be from the same state."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 16, 2015
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 9, 2015 a news conference
"When the Constitution was written, (only) 20 to 25 percent of the people in the country could vote."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 16, 2015
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on March 30, 2015 a radio ad
An April 7, 2015 referendum would take "the choice of chief justice" of the Wisconsin Supreme Court "away from the people."
Mostly False
April 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
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 23, 2015
"Today roughly half of born-again Christians aren’t voting. They’re staying home."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2015
Jess McIntosh
Jess McIntosh
stated on March 24, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes"
Liberty University students "were mandated" to attend Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential announcement "or they would be fined."
True
By Jon Greenberg • March 25, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 24, 2015 an interview on the Kelly File
Says according to recent polls, no Republican candidate "is doing better against Hillary Clinton than myself."
Mostly False
By Katharina Fiedler, Lauren Carroll • March 25, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 27, 2015 an interview
"I unsealed my records" at Marquette University. 
False
March 12, 2015
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 8, 2015 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"The State Department asked all secretaries of state to send their emails over." Hillary Clinton's "the only one who’s done it."  
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • March 8, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 26, 2015 an interview
More than any Republican governor in the 2014 elections, "I took a higher percentage of the Republican vote"and "yet I also carried independents by 12 points."  
Mostly True
March 4, 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
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