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Ron DeSantis
stated on October 24, 2023 in a town hall in New Hampshire:

“The Republicans and Trump funded $400 million in March of 2020 for mail ballots.”

By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2023
Janet Protasiewicz
stated on March 9, 2023 in TV ad:

As a sitting Supreme Court justice, Daniel Kelly recused himself from a case, then “he pocketed $20,000 in contributions” from the plaintiff and family members and “unrecused himself so he could judge the case.”

By Laura Schulte • March 24, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2022 in a screenshot shared on Instagram:

Pennsylvania drop boxes were “pre-loaded” with ballots.

By Madison Czopek • October 28, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2022 in a post:

A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 28, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on October 13, 2022 in a tweet:

Adam Laxalt is “anti-DACA” and “fought against the protections for DACA recipients when he was attorney general.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 26, 2022
Ron Johnson
stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad:

Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.”

By Laura Schulte • October 6, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
stated on September 21, 2022 in a news conference.:

“In 2016, Democrats suggested that the election was stolen.”

By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2022
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 6, 2022 in a tweet.:

“I had zero emails that were classified.”

By Jon Greenberg • September 13, 2022
Kari Lake
stated on July 7, 2022 in an ad:

"Karrin Taylor Robson gave illegals tuition discounts and made us pay for it."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 1, 2022
Cavalier Johnson
stated on May 27, 2022 in News conference:

The RNC is “a $200 million economic infusion into our communities.”

By Vanessa Swales • July 8, 2022
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 27, 2022 in News release:

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, his prospective opponent, has received $1.2 million from the gun lobby.

By Laura Schulte • June 28, 2022
Viral image
stated on October 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Indiana woman charged for mail in voter fraud, delivered 400 ballots with Democrat box pre-checked.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 20, 2022
Gary Chambers Jr.
stated on February 9, 2022 in a campaign video:

"One in 13 Black Americans are deprived of the right to vote."

By Amy Sherman • February 15, 2022
Stacey Abrams
stated on January 31, 2022 in an interview on CNN:

“In Texas, because of the laws they passed, a 95-year-old World War II veteran is being denied the right to vote by mail because he can't produce a registration number he got back in the 1950s.”

By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2022 in a post:

“India has nearly 1.4 billion citizens. Nearly 800 million of them live in extreme poverty — less than $1.90 per day. Yet EVERY singly (sic) Indian citizen is required to have a valid form of ID to vote in national elections.”

By Monique Curet • January 19, 2022
Joe Biden
stated on January 11, 2022 in a speech on voting rights in Georgia:

“In the 2020 election, President Trump voted from behind the desk in the White House in Florida.”

By Amy Sherman • January 13, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on October 31, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Atheists are prohibited from holding office in 8 states.”

By Jeff Cercone • November 8, 2021
Breitbart
stated on September 13, 2021 in an article:

“Polling center tells some Republicans they ‘already voted’" in the California recall election.

By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2021
Viral image
stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image:

"I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?"

By Tom Kertscher • August 9, 2021
Jocelyn Benson
stated on May 20, 2021 in a campaign fundraising email:

A Republican bill in Michigan “would make it a crime for election officials … to share information about how to vote by mail and where to find a ballot drop box.”

By Clara Hendrickson • May 26, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Colorado “requires photo ID to vote in person, requires signature verification for mail-in ballots, which Georgia got rid of, and prevents campaign workers from giving food, water to voters within 100 feet if they’re wearing campaign apparel.”

By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2021
Alex Mooney
stated on March 3, 2021 in a news release:

H.R. 1 “mandates practices nationwide” that include “ballot harvesting, universal mail-in voting and same-day registration.”

By Raeanne Beckner • April 5, 2021
Shelley Grogan
stated on March 29, 2021 in a radio ad:

Judge Jeff Davis "spent years defending a convicted cop killer" and "tried to get him off the hook."

By Eric Litke • March 30, 2021
Doug LaMalfa
stated on March 2, 2021 in a constituent email.:

Voting-rights legislation proposed by Democrats in Congress called H.R. 1 “would force states to restore the voting rights of convicted felons—including violent felons convicted of murder or rape.”

By Chris Nichols • March 4, 2021
Ronna McDaniel
stated on February 22, 2021 in a tweet:

Says the American Civil Liberties Union opposes H.R. 1 on grounds that “it threatens our freedom of speech.”

By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2021
Iowa Republican Party
stated on November 27, 2020 in a tweet:

“Millions of Hubbell and Bloomberg dollars wasn’t enough to overcome the Iowa House Republican avalanche of success."

By Seth Taylor • December 17, 2020
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on November 8, 2020 in a TV interview:

The 2020 election is in “recount territory” and “I’ve seen elections change as a result of” recounts.

By Eric Litke • November 18, 2020
X posts
stated on November 3, 2020 in tweets:

Poll watchers in Philadelphia prevented from entering polling places.

By Miriam Valverde • November 3, 2020
Robyn Vining
stated on October 25, 2020 in a TV interview:

“People are less likely to just vote for party now. … They’re looking at the personalities.”

By Eric Litke • November 2, 2020
YouTube videos
stated on October 27, 2020 in a video on YouTube:

A Detroit TV station aired the election results a week early.

By Bill McCarthy • October 29, 2020

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