The latest statements we've reviewed for PolitiFact Georgia
The Georgia Secretary of State's Office and the Georgia State Elections Board investigate and penalize hundreds of people guilty of election fraud.
"One out of every three automobile fatalities can be attributed to alcohol."
"Unemployment has fallen from 10 percent during the president’s first year in office to 8.5 percent today."
Since President Barack Obama took office, "2 million more Americans are out of work."
Siemens has been unable to fill approximately 200 skilled trade positions in metro Atlanta.
"We have cut crime across every single zone in the city of Atlanta by between 10 percent and 16 percent, depending on the zone."
"Right now in Georgia, nearly one in three leaving our prisons are re-convicted within three years."
"[N]early one in three primary care doctors are forced to limit the number of Medicare patients they see."
The planned expansion of Savannah’s port is a "jobs creating project."
"When [Mitt Romney] was the governor of Massachusetts, he performed 100 — and I’m not sure this number is right, but my mind says it’s about 180 gay marriages."
"Republicans are attempting to remove Barack Obama from Georgia’s Presidential Ballot in 2012."
"Five members of [the Common Cause Georgia] board accepted maximum campaign contributions."
When Georgia tightened its voter identification laws, the state sent a van and photographer to the homes of people who needed photo IDs and made them for free.
Congress gave an unelected board "the power to deny care to seniors."
Georgia’s unemployment rate has exceeded the national rate for 50 consecutive months.
"The latest unemployment numbers have shown that nearly 315,000 Americans have simply given up hope when it comes to finding a job."
"[E]xcise tax increases drive commerce across state lines."
"The study of the Savannah River Estuary . . . clearly demonstrates the project can be constructed and [environmental] impacts will be mitigated."
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