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Voters First Ohio
Voters First Ohio
stated on September 25, 2012 a news story
Says the NAACP's Ohio chapter has endorsed Issue 2.
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • November 1, 2012
Bill Bradbury
Bill Bradbury
stated on October 22, 2012 a campaign fundraising letter
"If Buehler were elected, our vote-by-mail system would be at risk."
Pants on Fire!
By Janie Har • October 26, 2012
Larry Sabato
Larry Sabato
stated on October 16, 2012 article
Virginia’s educational level among whites is higher than Georgia’s.
True
By Janel Davis • October 22, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 5, 2012 a Milwaukee Press Club appearance
Says opponent Tammy Baldwin ‘has had not one positive ad’ in the campaign for U.S. Senate.
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • October 15, 2012
Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on August 15, 2012 an interview with reporters
A member of the redistricting commission proposed in Issue 2 "could accept a bribe from somebody" and "couldn’t be removed from this commission."
False
By Joe Guillen • October 11, 2012
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on August 31, 2012 a UNITY PAC press release.
Says Austin voters can approve seven bond propositions "without raising taxes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2012
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on September 11, 2012 an election flier
Says Ohio's Issue 2 will create a redistricting commission that will "have a blank check to spend our money."
False
By Joe Guillen • October 3, 2012
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on September 27, 2012 a TV show appearance
"One of the first states in the union to pass a voter ID bill was Rhode Island, 85 percent Democratic legislature."
False
By John Hill • October 3, 2012
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on September 27, 2012 a TV show appearance
Rhode Island’s voter identification law was pushed by "a black Democrat in the House, a black Democrat in the Senate. That's a fact."
True
By John Hill • October 3, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 24, 2012 a news conference
Says Ronald Reagan "was behind in the polls in 1980 going into the debate with Jimmy Carter and then turned around 10 days later and won 40 states."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • October 1, 2012
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on August 31, 2012 a news conference
"Since the time of the Civil War, we've made a distinction in this country between the availability and the ability to access for people who were in the military, versus the rest of us, to vote." 
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • October 1, 2012
Jon Husted
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."
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • September 28, 2012
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on September 22, 2012 a panel at the Texas Tribune Festival.
Texas is "the state that has now gone the longest without electing a Democrat statewide."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 26, 2012
Gary Johnson
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."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2012
NAACP
NAACP
stated on September 12, 2012 press release
"Since 2000, only 10 cases of in-person voter fraud have been proven nationally."
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • September 19, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 6, 2012 an email
An aide "acted on his own" and "was not representing the Thompson campaign" when he sent an email criticizing the sexual orientation of U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin.
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • September 17, 2012
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on August 24, 2012 a news release
"In Cuyahoga County ... 56 percent of weekend voters in 2008 were African American while adult African Americans comprise 28 percent of the county population."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • September 14, 2012
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on September 6, 2012 a comment while attending the Democratic National Convention.
Says that if Texas, California and New York all voted for Democratic presidential nominees, "it would be mathematically impossible for Republicans to elect a president."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 12, 2012
American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union
stated on August 26, 2012 Newsletter
Voter identification laws make it complicated and expensive to get an ID, essentially instituting a modern-day poll tax.
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • September 12, 2012
Mike Berlon
Mike Berlon
stated on September 3, 2012 an article
"We know there are more Democrats in Georgia than Republicans. We know that for a fact."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus, Janel Davis • September 10, 2012
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