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Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2012 in 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
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on November 9, 2012 in a proposed ordinance.:
Says the initial Portland plastic bag ban represented "only a modest share of total single-use checkout bag use."
Mostly False
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 20, 2012
Big Gamble NJ
Big Gamble NJ
stated on November 13, 2012 in a website:
"In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • November 19, 2012
We the People petition
We the People petition
stated on November 19, 2012 in 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
Freedom From Religion Foundation
Freedom From Religion Foundation
stated on November 9, 2012 in an email:
"Secular Americans are the fastest-growing religious identification demographic in this country."  
Half-True
November 18, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 30, 2012 in an interview on NBC Nightly News:
Says New Jersey is "50th in return of our federal tax dollars."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • November 18, 2012
County Line
County Line
stated on November 2, 2012 in an open letter to employees.:
Says that under the new healthcare law, full- and part-time workers will be required to buy insurance costing $375 to $1,000 a month, starting in 2014.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2012
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on November 13, 2012 in 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 in a radio interview:
Three thousand felons voted in Rhode Island in 2008.
True
By John Hill • November 18, 2012
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on November 7, 2012 in an interview on the Daily Rundown on MSNBC.:
Says New Hampshire had the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the country during Maggie Hassan’s time in the state Senate.
Half-True
By Jake Berry • November 16, 2012
Libraries Yes! Committee
Libraries Yes! Committee
stated on October 21, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:
Says the Multnomah County Library system "is the second busiest in the nation."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 16, 2012
Terral Smith
Terral Smith
stated on September 9, 2012 in 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 in 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
John Charles
John Charles
stated on September 21, 2012 in an online post:
"There is no reason to allocate 60 percent of bridge space to satisfy two percent of all travelers."
Half-True
By Janie Har • November 16, 2012
Mike White
Mike White
stated on October 23, 2012 in an email to employees:
Says that with President Obama's re-election, state and federal income tax rates for some taxpayers will rise "to roughly 65 percent."
False
November 15, 2012
Caroline Casagrande
Caroline Casagrande
stated on October 26, 2012 in an interview with NJTV's Michael Aron for "On The Record":
"Every American now is $51,000 in debt. That’s money I owe, that’s money my children owe before they even go to kindergarten, that’s their check to the federal government right now."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • November 15, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 9, 2012 in a newspaper interview:
Budget analysts say the looming tax hikes and spending cuts would  "take us into a recession and kill jobs."
True
By Stephen Koff • November 15, 2012
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on November 8, 2012 in a Texas Tribune interview.:
Says the state of Texas rates as "unacceptable" almost 500 of the state's 8,000 public schools.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2012
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 8, 2012 in an interview:
When it comes to income taxes, Wisconsin is "one of the best places in the country to be poor" but "top 4 or 5 worst" for middle-income earners.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 14, 2012
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on October 24, 2012 in an op-ed on the Asbury Park Press' website:
"Sixty percent of New Jersey doctors do not accept Medicaid patients."
True
By Bill Wichert • November 14, 2012
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