0 People 6168 Fact-checks 2252 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (6168) Facebook posts stated on June 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says the "only valid reason to oppose voter ID is that you plan to cheat," and "every Democrat in Congress opposes voter ID." By Sophie Austin• June 21, 2019 Scott Walker stated on June 04, 2015 in a statement: Says "Hillary Clinton's rejection of efforts to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat not only defies logic, but the will of the majority of Americans." By Lucas Daprile• June 29, 2015 Hillary Clinton stated on March 03, 2019 in a speech: In Wisconsin, because a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was not in effect, "somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls (in 2016) because of the color of their skin" and other factors. By D.L. Davis• March 6, 2019 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 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 Eric Holder stated on July 10, 2012 in a speech to the NAACP convention in Houston.: Says recent studies indicate that nationally, only 8 percent of white voting-age citizens but 25 percent of African-American voting-age citizens lack government-issued photo IDs. By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby• July 11, 2012 Barack Obama stated on March 11, 2016 in keynoting South by Southwest Interactive: "We’re the only advanced democracy in the world that makes it harder for people to vote." By W. Gardner Selby• June 20, 2016 Instagram posts stated on March 03, 2024 in an Instagram post: The Biden administration seeks to end voter ID requirements to allow immigrants in the country illegally to vote. By Sofia Ahmed• March 7, 2024 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 Democratic Governors Association stated on October 24, 2013 in an email blast: "Texas Governor Rick Perry’s voter ID law is a blatant effort to defeat Wendy Davis by disenfranchising tens of thousands of women voters." By W. Gardner Selby• October 31, 2013 Cindi Duchow stated on November 09, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly: "Unfortunately during COVID, the clerks in Madison and Milwaukee told their constituents that they were actually indefinitely confined and did not have to come and vote, which was incorrect." By D.L. Davis• January 26, 2024 Ted Budd stated on March 02, 2021 in a tweet: Says H.R. 1 “allows minors to vote.” By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht• March 10, 2021 Facebook posts stated on April 02, 2024 in Facebook posts: A Social Security Administration database shows “how many people each of the 43 states are registering to vote who DO NOT HAVE IDs.” By Madison Czopek• April 11, 2024 Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The COVID-19 future vaccine will come with the ID — a mark. The ID tells everyone you are free of COVID.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 22, 2020 Instagram posts stated on April 03, 2024 in Instagram posts: More than 2 million people registered to vote so far this year without photo ID in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Texas. By Sofia Ahmed• April 5, 2024 Tina Lambert stated on February 20, 2023 in a statement of purpose about a bill: Student ID cards are a “source of fraud” at the polls. By Amy Sherman• February 23, 2023 Instagram posts stated on November 11, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Every state that does not require voter ID, Kamala won.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 13, 2024 Gwen Moore stated on October 20, 2020 in a virtual rally: You can vote in Wisconsin with a photo ID "even if that ID is expired or you've moved." By Eric Litke• October 21, 2020 Nikki Haley stated on June 07, 2022 in a Facebook post: Americans aren’t required to show IDs to vote. By Jeff Cercone• June 13, 2022 Tim Moore stated on December 27, 2019 in a press release: Says the photo ID law passed by North Carolina lawmakers is “one of the nation’s most lenient voter ID laws." By Paul Specht• February 17, 2020 Byron Donalds stated on April 10, 2025 in a NewsNation interview: Under the SAVE Act, “as long as you have a Real ID … it should be easy for you to register to vote.” By Grace Abels• April 18, 2025 Articles (2252) Does Wisconsin’s new voter ID law ‘disenfranchise’ voters? By Dave Umhoefer• June 13, 2011 As extremes shape voter ID debate, the rules keep getting stricter By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 9, 2021 Can green card, visa holders fly in the US under new Real ID rules? Here's what to know By Maria Briceño• May 12, 2025 North Carolina voter ID amendment debate features misleading claims By Will Doran• November 1, 2018 Facts debatable? Truth-O-Meter says no By W. Gardner Selby• March 10, 2011 Michigan voters don't need to show ID at the polls to cast their ballots By Clara Hendrickson• August 4, 2020 Fact-checking voting laws: a year-end report By Amy Sherman• December 19, 2013 What’s in the Senate Democrats’ new voting rights bill? By Amy Sherman• September 21, 2021 As Holder targets Texas law, a look at our voter ID checks By Sue Owen• July 25, 2013 Meta breaks up with fact-checkers. Here’s how it affects PolitiFact. By Katie Sanders• January 9, 2025 Six times PolitiFact checked claims about the NC constitutional amendments By Will Doran• November 2, 2018 Checking claims about Texas voting rights and fraud By W. Gardner Selby• August 5, 2015 November's greatest hits: Checks about Obamacare, Texas voter ID laws By W. Gardner Selby• November 30, 2013 Strait of Hormuz: What to know about the crucial oil passage Iran might block following US strikes By Madison Czopek, Ella Moore• June 23, 2025 Perry promise meter grows by one, on voter ID By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 25, 2011 Are Sensenbrenner and Moore in agreement on Voting Rights Act? By Dave Umhoefer• March 6, 2013 2022 candidates use ads vowing to be tough on China, or attacking rivals as too soft on China By Tom Kertscher• March 3, 2022 Donald Trump's St. Patrick's Day 'Irish proverb' was probably not Irish By Lauren Carroll• March 17, 2017 In Context: Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Scott Walker giving ‘women the back of his hand.’ By Tom Kertscher, Amy Sherman• September 4, 2014 For the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a look back at our fact-checks By Amy Sherman• August 7, 2015
Facebook posts stated on June 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says the "only valid reason to oppose voter ID is that you plan to cheat," and "every Democrat in Congress opposes voter ID." By Sophie Austin• June 21, 2019 Scott Walker stated on June 04, 2015 in a statement: Says "Hillary Clinton's rejection of efforts to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat not only defies logic, but the will of the majority of Americans." By Lucas Daprile• June 29, 2015 Hillary Clinton stated on March 03, 2019 in a speech: In Wisconsin, because a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was not in effect, "somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls (in 2016) because of the color of their skin" and other factors. By D.L. Davis• March 6, 2019 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 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 Eric Holder stated on July 10, 2012 in a speech to the NAACP convention in Houston.: Says recent studies indicate that nationally, only 8 percent of white voting-age citizens but 25 percent of African-American voting-age citizens lack government-issued photo IDs. By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby• July 11, 2012 Barack Obama stated on March 11, 2016 in keynoting South by Southwest Interactive: "We’re the only advanced democracy in the world that makes it harder for people to vote." By W. Gardner Selby• June 20, 2016 Instagram posts stated on March 03, 2024 in an Instagram post: The Biden administration seeks to end voter ID requirements to allow immigrants in the country illegally to vote. By Sofia Ahmed• March 7, 2024 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 Democratic Governors Association stated on October 24, 2013 in an email blast: "Texas Governor Rick Perry’s voter ID law is a blatant effort to defeat Wendy Davis by disenfranchising tens of thousands of women voters." By W. Gardner Selby• October 31, 2013 Cindi Duchow stated on November 09, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly: "Unfortunately during COVID, the clerks in Madison and Milwaukee told their constituents that they were actually indefinitely confined and did not have to come and vote, which was incorrect." By D.L. Davis• January 26, 2024 Ted Budd stated on March 02, 2021 in a tweet: Says H.R. 1 “allows minors to vote.” By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht• March 10, 2021 Facebook posts stated on April 02, 2024 in Facebook posts: A Social Security Administration database shows “how many people each of the 43 states are registering to vote who DO NOT HAVE IDs.” By Madison Czopek• April 11, 2024 Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The COVID-19 future vaccine will come with the ID — a mark. The ID tells everyone you are free of COVID.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 22, 2020 Instagram posts stated on April 03, 2024 in Instagram posts: More than 2 million people registered to vote so far this year without photo ID in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Texas. By Sofia Ahmed• April 5, 2024 Tina Lambert stated on February 20, 2023 in a statement of purpose about a bill: Student ID cards are a “source of fraud” at the polls. By Amy Sherman• February 23, 2023 Instagram posts stated on November 11, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Every state that does not require voter ID, Kamala won.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 13, 2024 Gwen Moore stated on October 20, 2020 in a virtual rally: You can vote in Wisconsin with a photo ID "even if that ID is expired or you've moved." By Eric Litke• October 21, 2020 Nikki Haley stated on June 07, 2022 in a Facebook post: Americans aren’t required to show IDs to vote. By Jeff Cercone• June 13, 2022 Tim Moore stated on December 27, 2019 in a press release: Says the photo ID law passed by North Carolina lawmakers is “one of the nation’s most lenient voter ID laws." By Paul Specht• February 17, 2020 Byron Donalds stated on April 10, 2025 in a NewsNation interview: Under the SAVE Act, “as long as you have a Real ID … it should be easy for you to register to vote.” By Grace Abels• April 18, 2025
Does Wisconsin’s new voter ID law ‘disenfranchise’ voters? By Dave Umhoefer• June 13, 2011 As extremes shape voter ID debate, the rules keep getting stricter By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 9, 2021 Can green card, visa holders fly in the US under new Real ID rules? Here's what to know By Maria Briceño• May 12, 2025 North Carolina voter ID amendment debate features misleading claims By Will Doran• November 1, 2018 Facts debatable? Truth-O-Meter says no By W. Gardner Selby• March 10, 2011 Michigan voters don't need to show ID at the polls to cast their ballots By Clara Hendrickson• August 4, 2020 Fact-checking voting laws: a year-end report By Amy Sherman• December 19, 2013 What’s in the Senate Democrats’ new voting rights bill? By Amy Sherman• September 21, 2021 As Holder targets Texas law, a look at our voter ID checks By Sue Owen• July 25, 2013 Meta breaks up with fact-checkers. Here’s how it affects PolitiFact. By Katie Sanders• January 9, 2025 Six times PolitiFact checked claims about the NC constitutional amendments By Will Doran• November 2, 2018 Checking claims about Texas voting rights and fraud By W. Gardner Selby• August 5, 2015 November's greatest hits: Checks about Obamacare, Texas voter ID laws By W. Gardner Selby• November 30, 2013 Strait of Hormuz: What to know about the crucial oil passage Iran might block following US strikes By Madison Czopek, Ella Moore• June 23, 2025 Perry promise meter grows by one, on voter ID By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 25, 2011 Are Sensenbrenner and Moore in agreement on Voting Rights Act? By Dave Umhoefer• March 6, 2013 2022 candidates use ads vowing to be tough on China, or attacking rivals as too soft on China By Tom Kertscher• March 3, 2022 Donald Trump's St. Patrick's Day 'Irish proverb' was probably not Irish By Lauren Carroll• March 17, 2017 In Context: Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Scott Walker giving ‘women the back of his hand.’ By Tom Kertscher, Amy Sherman• September 4, 2014 For the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a look back at our fact-checks By Amy Sherman• August 7, 2015
