Statements about Elections
On fundraising for super PACs
"Ohio has one of the highest provisional ballot rates in the country, and many of them go uncounted each election."
The Georgia Secretary of State's Office and the Georgia State Elections Board investigate and penalize hundreds of people guilty of election fraud.
"Eric Holder is supportive of the NAACP's efforts to get the United Nations involved in our elections."
Says Mitt Romney "was one of the first national Republican leaders to endorse" Marco Rubio.
Says Newt Gingrich said "Spanish is the language of the ghetto."
Says Rick Santorum "voted to let convicted felons vote."
"Republicans are attempting to remove Barack Obama from Georgia’s Presidential Ballot in 2012."
Says up to a quarter of African Americans don’t have government photo ID.
Says that after she declared her candidacy for Congress, "the redistricting process was manipulated to allow incumbent politicians to guarantee their re-election."
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.
Says he has "been able to attract independents and Democrats to win" elections in Pennsylvania.
"After filing a lawsuit in Rhode Island, we reached an agreement with state agencies that resulted in more voters being registered in the first full month after our lawsuit than in the entire previous two-year reporting period."
"Wisconsin election officials to accept Mickey Mouse, Hitler signatures" on recall petitions.
Says King Street Patriots held a fundraiser featuring an author who believes that registering the poor to vote is un-American.
Sherrod Brown "has been running for public office since Richard Nixon was president."
Says recall organizers "started their website last November" and began work on their effort before he even took office.
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is making voting more difficult by closing Department of Motor Vehicles offices where "low-income voters" live.
It’s legal to "sign a recall petition (against Gov. Scott Walker) even if you have already signed another recall petition," but only one signature counts
Says signers of recall petitions against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are at risk because of newly "discovered" provisions in state law.
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