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Eric Holder
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.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2012
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on June 27, 2012 an email
Gov. Rick Scott "tried to kick 180,000 people off the voter rolls."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 10, 2012
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on June 27, 2012 an email
"Every one of the 67 supervisors of elections" in Florida refused to carry out the effort to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls.
False
By Amy Sherman • July 10, 2012
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on June 17, 2012 a television interview
Voter fraud provided "a portion" of the margin of victory of Democrat John Lehman over Republican Sen. Van Wanggaard in a state Senate recall election.
False
By James B. Nelson • July 6, 2012
Clackamas County Democrats
Clackamas County Democrats
stated on June 22, 2012 a campaign press release
Says Clackamas County Measure 3-401 "will hurt our county, cripple economic growth, and increase our taxes with excessive special elections." 
False
By Janie Har • July 5, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 3, 2012 an interview on CNBC
"If you look at most of the polls, this is a margin-of-error race on Fourth of July between Mitt Romney and the president."
True
By Erin O'Neill • July 5, 2012
Workers' Voice
Workers' Voice
stated on June 19, 2012 an online ad
Says Josh Mandel’s campaign is under FBI investigation
False
By Stephen Koff, Sabrina Eaton • June 26, 2012
Steve Buckstein
Steve Buckstein
stated on June 18, 2012 in a tweet, online post
"Did you know Wisconsin's AFSCME union has lost 50%+ of its members since no longer requiring membership?"
Mostly True
By Janie Har • June 22, 2012
Corrine Brown
Corrine Brown
stated on June 15, 2012 a press release
In 2008, "33.2 percent of those who voted early on the last Sunday before Election Day were African-American, while 23.6 percent were Hispanic."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 22, 2012
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on June 8, 2012 a speech
"70 percent of the people who voted" on June 5, 2012, "just didn’t feel comfortable with the recall of the governor," weakening any idea that Wisconsin is "fully behind this Walker agenda."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 22, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on June 14, 2012 a town hall-style meeting
"My opponent, in 2008, had contributions investigated by the federal government."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • June 22, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 8, 2012 a speech
"The Koch brothers alone gave twice as much money to Scott Walker as the total amount of money raised by Tom Barrett."
False
June 20, 2012
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on June 4, 2012 comments on MSNBC's "Hardball"
Under Florida’s voting law, a requirement to turn in voter registrations within 48 hours "makes it impossible to meet the deadline if you’re working right to the end of the week."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 12, 2012
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
stated on May 29, 2012 a press conference
Florida election officials’ requests to some residents to submit proof of citizenship is a "backdoor poll tax."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 7, 2012
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on June 5, 2012 an interview on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
"Right now, I’m polling at about 8 percent" against Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on May 29, 2012 letter to Gov. Rick Scott
"In the 2000 Florida election, at least 1,100 eligible voters were wrongly dropped from voting rolls in an attempt to purge a list of felons. Many of those who were dropped showed up to vote and were told they could not."
True
By Katie Sanders • June 5, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on June 3, 2012 a news release
Rob Portman won the fewest votes of all Ohio U. S. Senate victors since 2000.
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • June 5, 2012
Ron Gerberry
Ron Gerberry
stated on April 17, 2012 a news conference
The last three days of early voting "happen to be the most populated days of voting that we have in early voting."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • June 4, 2012
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on May 30, 2012 an interview
Because of voter fraud, Republican candidates "need to do a point or two better" to win statewide elections in Wisconsin.
False
May 31, 2012
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on May 9, 2012 an "Orlando Sentinel" opinion piece
"More than 250 (voter registration) groups, ranging across the entire political spectrum, have filed with the state and are registering voters right now."
Half-True
By Brittany Alana Davis • May 31, 2012
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