22 People 24617 Fact-checks 7824 Articles People (22) Dick Black Kirsten Powers Bill Powers Gary Black Diane Black Climate Power Power to the Patients Florida Supreme Court Florida voter Black Lives Matter Voters First Ohio Texans for Reliable Power League of Conservation Voters League of Women Voters of Florida Young, Gifted and Black Coalition Jersey Central Power & Light Conservative Voters of Texas PAC Friends of Voter Owned Elections Oregon League of Conservation Voters League of Women Voters of the Austin Area Fact-checks (24617) Byron Donalds stated on May 04, 2026 in an interview: Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.” By Samantha Putterman• May 8, 2026 Alcee Hastings stated on May 29, 2012 in a press conference: Florida election officials’ requests to some residents to submit proof of citizenship is a "backdoor poll tax." By Amy Sherman• June 7, 2012 Gary Chambers Jr. stated on February 09, 2022 in a campaign video: "One in 13 Black Americans are deprived of the right to vote." By Amy Sherman• February 15, 2022 Mandela Barnes stated on August 10, 2020 in a public forum: GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election. By Lawrence Andrea• August 14, 2020 Republican Party of Texas stated on June 04, 2010 in an e-mail: "Bill White has a long history of trying to limit or even disenfranchise military voters." By Ciara O'Rourke• June 14, 2010 Ron Hayduk stated on January 01, 2015 in a newspaper commentary: "The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship." By Katie Mulvaney• January 25, 2015 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 American Civil Liberties Union stated on August 26, 2012 in Newsletter: Voter identification laws make it complicated and expensive to get an ID, essentially instituting a modern-day poll tax. By Janel Davis• September 12, 2012 Nina Perales stated on May 31, 2011 in a press release.: Says a Republican-drawn map of proposed U.S. House districts for Texas "gerrymanders more than nine million Latinos in Texas to make sure that we have no more electoral opportunity than we did in 1991." By W. Gardner Selby• June 22, 2011 Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on June 05, 2011 in an interview with political commentator Roland Martin: By advocating new requirements for voters to show ID cards at the polls, Republicans "want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws." By Louis Jacobson• June 9, 2011 Terry McAuliffe stated on April 06, 2021 in a debate.: “I restored felons’ rights - 173,000 - more than any governor in the history of America.” By Warren Fiske• April 19, 2021 Rafael Anchia stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet: "How many federal rulings have NOW found intentional discrimination by #Txlege since 2011? 6." By Bobby Cervantes• June 14, 2017 Trey Martinez Fischer stated on February 25, 2013 in press conference in the Texas House Speaker’s Committee Room.: Says that since 1975, redistricting by Texas lawmakers has always been found in violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. By W. Gardner Selby• March 1, 2013 Rick Scott stated on August 01, 2014 in a press statement: "Attorney General Eric Holder’s own Justice Department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law" about early voting in Florida. By Amy Sherman• August 4, 2014 Ann Coulter stated on September 27, 2012 in a TV show appearance: Rhode Island’s voter identification law was pushed by "a black Democrat in the House, a black Democrat in the Senate. That's a fact." By John Hill• October 3, 2012 Phil Berger stated on September 15, 2017 in In a press release: North Carolina has "the strictest anti-gerrymandering standards in the entire country." By Paul Specht• October 5, 2017 Robert Brown stated on June 02, 2011 in a press release: Georgia’s illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the "Brown Codes" because of their similarity to the "Black Codes" governing blacks after the Civil War. By Willoughby Mariano• July 1, 2011 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 Occupy Democrats stated on October 15, 2018 in a post on Facebook: "The Postal Service only gives tribal residents PO boxes. The Republican-controlled Supreme Court just said it’s totally okay for North Dakota to demand that ONLY residents with street addresses can vote. Native Americans were the last to get the right to vote, and now they are the first to lose it." By Tessa Weinberg• October 23, 2018 Barack Obama stated on November 02, 2016 in a rally in North Carolina: The list of voters that North Carolina Republicans "tried to purge was two-thirds black and Democratic." By Lauren Carroll• November 7, 2016 Articles (7824) Georgia’s election law sparks ‘Jim Crow’ rhetoric, as well as pushback By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 30, 2021 Understanding felon voting rights restoration By Amy Sherman• April 25, 2018 What is redistricting? And why should voters care? By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2021 Kari Lake claimed Maricopa County voters were ‘disenfranchised.’ Experts disagree. By Madison Czopek• November 22, 2022 Project 2025 and voting rights: Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ ad aimed at Black Americans By Amy Sherman• September 19, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: What is independent state legislature theory, and could it create election chaos? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 5, 2022 2020 election lawsuits and ballot access: what you need to know By Amy Sherman• November 2, 2020 Does Wisconsin’s new voter ID law ‘disenfranchise’ voters? By Dave Umhoefer• June 13, 2011 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech after Electoral College vote By Bill McCarthy• December 15, 2020 Donald Trump has lost dozens of election lawsuits. Here’s why By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 10, 2020 U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on removing Donald Trump from ballot. Here’s what to know. By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 8, 2024 Fact-checking voting laws: a year-end report By Amy Sherman• December 19, 2013 Floridians with felony records face illegal voting charges. The state allowed them to register By Amy Sherman• September 9, 2022 Are Sensenbrenner and Moore in agreement on Voting Rights Act? By Dave Umhoefer• March 6, 2013 Can the Jan. 6 committee get to the truth about the attack — and get Americans to believe it? By Jon Greenberg• December 1, 2021 Biden made a lot of promises about race. Can he keep them? By Amy Sherman• January 26, 2021 Fact-checking 5 claims in the final Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• June 24, 2022 Can prayer only include a higher power? By Anthony Cave• February 11, 2016 Does PolitiFact seek 'the comfort of the middle ground'? By Bill Adair• July 12, 2010 Latino power in Texas By W. Gardner Selby• June 23, 2011
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Byron Donalds stated on May 04, 2026 in an interview: Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.” By Samantha Putterman• May 8, 2026 Alcee Hastings stated on May 29, 2012 in a press conference: Florida election officials’ requests to some residents to submit proof of citizenship is a "backdoor poll tax." By Amy Sherman• June 7, 2012 Gary Chambers Jr. stated on February 09, 2022 in a campaign video: "One in 13 Black Americans are deprived of the right to vote." By Amy Sherman• February 15, 2022 Mandela Barnes stated on August 10, 2020 in a public forum: GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election. By Lawrence Andrea• August 14, 2020 Republican Party of Texas stated on June 04, 2010 in an e-mail: "Bill White has a long history of trying to limit or even disenfranchise military voters." By Ciara O'Rourke• June 14, 2010 Ron Hayduk stated on January 01, 2015 in a newspaper commentary: "The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship." By Katie Mulvaney• January 25, 2015 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 American Civil Liberties Union stated on August 26, 2012 in Newsletter: Voter identification laws make it complicated and expensive to get an ID, essentially instituting a modern-day poll tax. By Janel Davis• September 12, 2012 Nina Perales stated on May 31, 2011 in a press release.: Says a Republican-drawn map of proposed U.S. House districts for Texas "gerrymanders more than nine million Latinos in Texas to make sure that we have no more electoral opportunity than we did in 1991." By W. Gardner Selby• June 22, 2011 Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on June 05, 2011 in an interview with political commentator Roland Martin: By advocating new requirements for voters to show ID cards at the polls, Republicans "want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws." By Louis Jacobson• June 9, 2011 Terry McAuliffe stated on April 06, 2021 in a debate.: “I restored felons’ rights - 173,000 - more than any governor in the history of America.” By Warren Fiske• April 19, 2021 Rafael Anchia stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet: "How many federal rulings have NOW found intentional discrimination by #Txlege since 2011? 6." By Bobby Cervantes• June 14, 2017 Trey Martinez Fischer stated on February 25, 2013 in press conference in the Texas House Speaker’s Committee Room.: Says that since 1975, redistricting by Texas lawmakers has always been found in violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. By W. Gardner Selby• March 1, 2013 Rick Scott stated on August 01, 2014 in a press statement: "Attorney General Eric Holder’s own Justice Department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law" about early voting in Florida. By Amy Sherman• August 4, 2014 Ann Coulter stated on September 27, 2012 in a TV show appearance: Rhode Island’s voter identification law was pushed by "a black Democrat in the House, a black Democrat in the Senate. That's a fact." By John Hill• October 3, 2012 Phil Berger stated on September 15, 2017 in In a press release: North Carolina has "the strictest anti-gerrymandering standards in the entire country." By Paul Specht• October 5, 2017 Robert Brown stated on June 02, 2011 in a press release: Georgia’s illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the "Brown Codes" because of their similarity to the "Black Codes" governing blacks after the Civil War. By Willoughby Mariano• July 1, 2011 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 Occupy Democrats stated on October 15, 2018 in a post on Facebook: "The Postal Service only gives tribal residents PO boxes. The Republican-controlled Supreme Court just said it’s totally okay for North Dakota to demand that ONLY residents with street addresses can vote. Native Americans were the last to get the right to vote, and now they are the first to lose it." By Tessa Weinberg• October 23, 2018 Barack Obama stated on November 02, 2016 in a rally in North Carolina: The list of voters that North Carolina Republicans "tried to purge was two-thirds black and Democratic." By Lauren Carroll• November 7, 2016
Georgia’s election law sparks ‘Jim Crow’ rhetoric, as well as pushback By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 30, 2021 Understanding felon voting rights restoration By Amy Sherman• April 25, 2018 What is redistricting? And why should voters care? By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2021 Kari Lake claimed Maricopa County voters were ‘disenfranchised.’ Experts disagree. By Madison Czopek• November 22, 2022 Project 2025 and voting rights: Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ ad aimed at Black Americans By Amy Sherman• September 19, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: What is independent state legislature theory, and could it create election chaos? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 5, 2022 2020 election lawsuits and ballot access: what you need to know By Amy Sherman• November 2, 2020 Does Wisconsin’s new voter ID law ‘disenfranchise’ voters? By Dave Umhoefer• June 13, 2011 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech after Electoral College vote By Bill McCarthy• December 15, 2020 Donald Trump has lost dozens of election lawsuits. Here’s why By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 10, 2020 U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on removing Donald Trump from ballot. Here’s what to know. By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 8, 2024 Fact-checking voting laws: a year-end report By Amy Sherman• December 19, 2013 Floridians with felony records face illegal voting charges. The state allowed them to register By Amy Sherman• September 9, 2022 Are Sensenbrenner and Moore in agreement on Voting Rights Act? By Dave Umhoefer• March 6, 2013 Can the Jan. 6 committee get to the truth about the attack — and get Americans to believe it? By Jon Greenberg• December 1, 2021 Biden made a lot of promises about race. Can he keep them? By Amy Sherman• January 26, 2021 Fact-checking 5 claims in the final Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• June 24, 2022 Can prayer only include a higher power? By Anthony Cave• February 11, 2016 Does PolitiFact seek 'the comfort of the middle ground'? By Bill Adair• July 12, 2010 Latino power in Texas By W. Gardner Selby• June 23, 2011
