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Ken Detzner
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."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 7, 2012
Mark S. Zaccaria
Mark S. Zaccaria
stated on November 25, 2012 TV niterview
Public employees receive "something like 25 percent of the paychecks that are issued in Rhode Island."
False
By John Hill • December 6, 2012
Sandy Pasch
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  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 5, 2012
Broward Republican Executive Committee
Broward Republican Executive Committee
stated on November 5, 2012 a post on its website
The Broward Republican Executive Committee "had the liberal League of Women Voters Guide removed from the Broward Supervisor of Election's website."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 3, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on November 16, 2012 an email to supporters
"Our race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 36 years -- when Howard Metzenbaum defeated Robert Taft in 1976."
True
By Tom Feran • November 30, 2012
Raymond Bateman
Raymond Bateman
stated on November 23, 2012 a column
Says that in the 1985 election former Gov. Tom Kean had "the largest winning margin for a gubernatorial candidate in Jersey history."
True
By Erin O'Neill • November 29, 2012
Robert Menendez
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."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • November 26, 2012
Emma Darnell
Emma Darnell
stated on November 7, 2012 a meeting
The "error rates" for the Fulton County elections department are "well below the average."
False
By Eric Stirgus • November 26, 2012
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan
stated on November 6, 2012 a campaign flier
"Our welfare system now consumes 42 percent of our budget."
Half-True
By John Hill • November 25, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 11, 2012 an email
"Mitt Romney received exactly zero votes in at least 12 Cuyahoga County precincts."
True
By Tom Feran • November 21, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2012 a post on Facebook
A precinct in the Allen West-Patrick Murphy recount has "7 registered voters in Guatemalan community and the tally showed 900 voted!!!!!"
False
By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2012
We the People petition
We the People petition
stated on November 19, 2012 a petition on the White House website
"In one county alone in Ohio, President Obama received 106,258 votes. But there were only 98,213 eligible voters."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • November 19, 2012
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on November 13, 2012 in a news release announcing support for the Sportsmen's bill.
"More Tennesseans have hunting and fishing licenses than vote."
False
By Zack McMillin • November 18, 2012
Carolyn Medeiros
Carolyn Medeiros
stated on November 13, 2012 a radio interview
Three thousand felons voted in Rhode Island in 2008.
True
By John Hill • November 18, 2012
Terral Smith
Terral Smith
stated on September 9, 2012 an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman
Says 40 years ago, the U.S. placed Texas under Voting Rights Act for failing to print ballots in Spanish.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • November 16, 2012
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on November 7, 2012 a news conference
Barack Obama is "only the second Democrat in the last 75 years to win Ohio twice with more than 50 percent of the vote."
True
By Aaron Marshall • November 16, 2012
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on November 7, 2012 a news conference
Says a poll shows that "without a name attached, Democrats are just one point behind" Gov. John Kasich.
True
By Henry J. Gomez • November 14, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 7, 2012 a press conference
Says "I was the first governor in America to endorse Mitt Romney."
Pants on Fire!
By Caryn Shinske • November 11, 2012
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on November 4, 2012 a TV interview
Says Jeb Bush "extended early voting" after seeing "long lines."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 8, 2012
Larry Sabato
Larry Sabato
stated on October 16, 2012 an article
"The higher the education level, the more likely they are to vote Democratic."
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • November 5, 2012
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