Fact Check Posts – Page 9

Battleground Texas
stated on February 26, 2013 an adviser's interview on the "Colbert Report."

In 2008, "only 54 percent of Latinos in Texas were registered to vote and only 35 percent actually turned out."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 22, 2013

Bob Bennett
stated on March 4, 2013 a news release

Ohio Republicans made significant gains during [Chris McNulty’s] time at the ORP, including the extremely successful re-election of President Bush in Ohio."

By Henry J. Gomez • March 13, 2013

Ed Fallone
stated on March 6, 2013 an interview

"The majority of my contributions have been from private individuals" giving $125 on average, "not from PACs, not from groups."

By Dave Umhoefer • March 13, 2013

Tim Knopp
stated on February 12, 2013 a press release

Knopp says he upheld a campaign promise not to join the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).

By Janie Har • February 23, 2013

Kenneth Block
stated on January 24, 2013 a television interview

"More than 9,000 Rhode Island voters used the Moderate Party master lever mechanism and they didn't have a single Moderate on their ballot."

By Michael McKinney • February 22, 2013

Steny Hoyer
stated on February 12, 2013 a media availability with reporters

"The majority of (the American people) voted for a Democratic House."

By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2013

Pink Slip Rick
stated on January 17, 2013 social media posts

Says Rick Scott’s proposal for election reform "only mandates 48 hours of early voting."

By Katie Sanders • January 22, 2013

Kenneth Block
stated on December 16, 2012 a newspaper commentary

"Eleven states complete their [legislative] sessions within three calendar months, and another five only meet biennially."

By John Hill • January 8, 2013

Ken Detzner
stated on November 9, 2012 a CNN interview

November 2012 was "a record year of turnout. More people voted before Election Day using absentee ballots and voting early than ever before in our history."

By Amy Sherman • December 7, 2012

Sandy Pasch
stated on December 29, 2012 a radio address

Democratic Party candidates for the state Assembly "actually received 200,000 more votes statewide" than their Republican counterparts in the 2012 election

By Dave Umhoefer • December 5, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on November 14, 2012 a speech

"For the first time in history, the share of the national popular vote margin is smaller than the Latino vote margin."

By Bill Wichert • November 26, 2012

Larry Sabato
stated on October 16, 2012 an article

"The higher the education level, the more likely they are to vote Democratic."

By Janel Davis • November 5, 2012

Jon Husted
stated on September 17, 2012 a news release

"Had the online change of address been in place in 2008 an estimated 130,000 voters who cast provisional ballots could have changed their address online and voted a regular ballot."

By Reginald Fields • September 28, 2012

Gary Johnson
stated on August 17, 2012 an interview with Evan Smith on “Overheard,” premiered Sept. 6, 2012

"I am going to be on the ballot in all 50 states. There is no other third-party candidate that’s going to come close to achieving that."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2012

NAACP
stated on September 12, 2012 press release

"Since 2000, only 10 cases of in-person voter fraud have been proven nationally."

By Janel Davis • September 19, 2012

Warren Kampf
stated on August 1, 2012 a town hall meeting

Voter turnout for some groups in the 2008 presidential general election in Georgia "was far greater than it should have been demographically."

By Eric Stirgus • August 14, 2012

Protect Your Vote Ohio
stated on August 1, 2012 a news release

"Thousands of politicians from across Ohio – along with their relatives, employees and friends – are still eligible to serve" on the proposed redistricting commission.

By Joe Guillen • August 9, 2012

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on August 16, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate.

"An April study found that about 70 percent of ads in this election cycle have been negative [due to SuperPACs], up from only 9 percent through the same period in 2008."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on July 9, 2012 a fundraising email

Sherrod Brown’s approval rating "has plummeted to 38 percent among Ohio voters" in a poll by a Democratic pollster.

By Stephen Koff • July 13, 2012

Eric Holder
stated on July 10, 2012 a speech to the NAACP convention in Houston.

Says recent studies indicate that nationally, only 8 percent of white voting-age citizens but 25 percent of African-American voting-age citizens lack government-issued photo IDs.

By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2012

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