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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
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
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
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
stated on February 27, 2015 an interview:

"I unsealed my records" at Marquette University.

False

By Tom Kertscher • March 12, 2015

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
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

By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2015

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

X posts
stated on January 23, 2015 various social media postings:

The Republican Party has not won a presidential election without either a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket since 1928.

True

By Dave Umhoefer • January 26, 2015

Cokie Roberts
stated on January 25, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":

Democrats have "lost more than 900 state legislators" since Barack Obama has been president.

True

By Katie Sanders • January 25, 2015

Ron Hayduk
stated on January 1, 2015 a newspaper commentary:

"The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship."

Mostly True

By Katie Mulvaney • January 25, 2015

Jeff Clemens
stated on January 20, 2015 a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing:

Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration.

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2015

Gwen Moore
stated on January 7, 2015 a tweet:

Says Mitch McConnell credits Republicans "for recent economic improvements" even though they took control of the Senate only "days ago."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • January 14, 2015

Matthew Dowd
stated on December 7, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times.

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • December 7, 2014

Keisha Lance Bottoms
stated on November 28, 2014 an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story:

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed became a city resident in the last annexation, opening the door to his candidacy.

Mostly True

By April Hunt • December 3, 2014

Jason Stanford
stated on November 17, 2014 a commentary:

"Texas had the worst voter participation in the country" in the November 2014 elections.

Mostly True

By Dylan Baddour • November 25, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on November 11, 2014 an interview:

In "the past four or five" presidential elections, "people who poll high at the beginning are not the people who end up being the nominees."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • November 24, 2014

David Hallock
stated on November 12, 2014 a forum:

In rural Virginia, "Sen. Warner ran 8-10 points ahead of a traditional Democrat -- ahead of Senator Kaine, ahead of Governor McAuliffe."

False

By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • November 21, 2014

Robin Vos
stated on November 5, 2014 an interview:

In Wisconsin, unions can essentially give "unlimited" contributions to political parties, but business can't give any.

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2014

Brit Hume
stated on November 10, 2014 an interview on Fox News:

"It is senior citizens, not Hispanics, who are the fastest-growing demographic in this country."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2014

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