Statements about Elections
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, was elected in a "very low turnout" race.
"Washington, D.C., now has greater population than Wyoming and Vermont, more active duty military than 29 states, more tax revenue than 29 states (and) a larger domestic product than 27 states."
A Paul Ryan-Scott Walker (or Scott Walker-Paul Ryan) ticket for the White House in 2016 would be unconstitutional because both men live in Wisconsin.
Says Rick Scott’s proposal for election reform "only mandates 48 hours of early voting."
Says his elections proposal would allow "a potential of 168 hours (of early voting), which I think is the most we’ve ever had."
"In Minnesota, well over 6,200 election-day registrations from 2008 proved fraudulent."
"I sponsored the amendment that expanded the hours of early voting so that people who have irregular work schedules could vote."
"Eleven states complete their [legislative] sessions within three calendar months, and another five only meet biennially."
November 2012 was "a record year of turnout. More people voted before Election Day using absentee ballots and voting early than ever before in our history."
Public employees receive "something like 25 percent of the paychecks that are issued in Rhode Island."
Democratic Party candidates for the state Assembly "actually received 200,000 more votes statewide" than their Republican counterparts in the 2012 election
The Broward Republican Executive Committee "had the liberal League of Women Voters Guide removed from the Broward Supervisor of Election's website."
"Our race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 36 years -- when Howard Metzenbaum defeated Robert Taft in 1976."
Says that in the 1985 election former Gov. Tom Kean had "the largest winning margin for a gubernatorial candidate in Jersey history."
"For the first time in history, the share of the national popular vote margin is smaller than the Latino vote margin."
The "error rates" for the Fulton County elections department are "well below the average."
"Our welfare system now consumes 42 percent of our budget."
"Mitt Romney received exactly zero votes in at least 12 Cuyahoga County precincts."
A precinct in the Allen West-Patrick Murphy recount has "7 registered voters in Guatemalan community and the tally showed 900 voted!!!!!"
"In one county alone in Ohio, President Obama received 106,258 votes. But there were only 98,213 eligible voters."
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