71 People 23252 Fact-checks 7833 Articles People (71) Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials Miscellany Blue Yard sign Dan Blue Blue Oregon Big Gamble NJ Make the Road Nevada Republican Governors Association Democratic Governors Association Big League Politics Think Big Illinois Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . Make Us Great Again National Women's Law Center County Line DeKalb County Multnomah County Georgia Lottery Georgia Voice Fact-checks (23252) Jody Hice stated on May 05, 2022 in a TV interview: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger used "$50 million of Zuckerberg money" in 2020 to "tip the scales." By Amy Sherman• May 19, 2022 Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2014 in a meme on social media: "97 percent of the 100 poorest counties in America are in red states." By Louis Jacobson• July 29, 2014 Mark Drewniak stated on January 06, 2015 in in a press interview: Mercedes said high taxes and the cost of doing business in New Jersey worked to Georgia’s advantage in landing the company's USA corporate headquarters. By Nancy Badertscher, April Hunt• January 14, 2015 Republican Governors Association stated on July 29, 2022 in Email: "Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments." By Alan Hovorka• August 12, 2022 Ted Cruz stated on October 27, 2022 in a tweet: Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• October 28, 2022 Donald Trump stated on November 04, 2020 in a tweet: “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.” By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2020 Mary Norwood stated on June 29, 2010 in a television interview: "Georgia has the most restrictive ballot access laws in the country." By Eric Stirgus• July 2, 2010 Donald Trump stated on October 11, 2024 in a Truth Social post: “It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.” By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht• October 12, 2024 Donald Trump stated on November 01, 2019 in a rally in Mississippi: Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote." By Amy Sherman• November 6, 2019 Phil Gingrey stated on December 28, 2011 in an online news story: 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. By Willoughby Mariano• January 10, 2012 Bloggers stated on November 11, 2018 in a post on Facebook: "Fulton County numbers show massive duplicate ballots, rejected ballots, non-citizens trying to vote." By Ciara O'Rourke• November 20, 2018 Get Georgia Right stated on April 08, 2022 in an ad: Brian Kemp "dismissed concerns about voter fraud in the 2020 election" and "widespread illegal ballot harvesting continued, electing two Democrat senators." By Tom Kertscher• April 14, 2022 Sam Olens stated on August 04, 2011 in a talk at the Atlanta Press Club: "The governor having a meeting ... isn't covered by the open meetings act." By Willoughby Mariano• August 16, 2011 Georgia state senators stated on March 16, 2011 in a legislative debate: Say easing restrictions on selling alcohol on Sundays will result in more traffic crashes and fatalities. By Eric Stirgus• March 18, 2011 Viral image stated on November 09, 2016 in a post-election Tweet: Says the KKK marched in Mebane, N.C., after Trump’s victory By Will Doran• November 9, 2016 Nathan Deal stated on April 23, 2014 in a press conference: Roughly 500,000 Georgians -- or about 5 percent of the state’s residents -- have gone through a background check to legally obtain a Georgia weapons carry license. By Nancy Badertscher• May 6, 2014 David Perdue stated on May 21, 2022 in an interview with Breitbart: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp “allowed 7.5 million ballots to be sent to every registered voter.” By Amy Sherman• May 23, 2022 David Perdue stated on April 24, 2022 in a debate: A consent decree approved by Gov. Brian Kemp “invalidated all voter ID law” and “allowed fraudulent ballots to be accepted” in the 2020 race. By Amy Sherman• April 26, 2022 Dan Patrick stated on April 06, 2021 in a press conference: “Nothing has changed in the election code (under SB 7) regarding early voting. Nothing has changed." By Brandon Mulder• April 9, 2021 Donald Trump stated on November 05, 2020 in a White House speech: “If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.” By Amy Sherman• November 6, 2020 Articles (7833) What’s in Georgia’s new voting law that lost it the All-Star Game By Amy Sherman• April 7, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: Can Georgia Republicans oust Fulton County DA Fani Willis? By Amy Sherman• August 31, 2023 Ballot drop boxes were popular in 2020. Then they became a GOP target By Amy Sherman• May 19, 2021 Iowa’s newest election laws, explained By Lauren White• June 21, 2021 Why days of ballot counting isn’t suspicious By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• November 9, 2022 Removal of Liz Cheney from House leadership is only one piece of GOP coalescing around the ‘Big Lie’ By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• May 14, 2021 In GA-6 race, fact-checking attacks about campaign cash By Jon Greenberg• June 8, 2017 PolitiFact checks out toll roads, chickens By Willoughby Mariano• March 13, 2011 Answering Questions About Vote-By-Mail In California Amid COVID-19, Attacks By Trump By Chris Nichols• June 3, 2020 Elections are over, but the Truth-O-Meter abides By Willoughby Mariano• November 7, 2010 How we know Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential race By Daniel Funke, Samantha Putterman• November 13, 2020 Not knowing all the results on election night is normal. Here's why. By Amy Sherman• October 30, 2024 New GOP canvassers in Michigan who embrace election myths raise prospect of chaotic certification By Clara Hendrickson• January 24, 2022 Arizona’s widespread use of mail-in voting and close margins created longer wait for results By Amy Sherman• November 15, 2022 Vivek Ramaswamy has called for ‘paper ballots.’ Most Americans vote that way already. By Amy Sherman• September 19, 2023 Ask PolitiFact: Are New York’s voter laws more restrictive than Georgia’s? By Amy Sherman• April 8, 2021 Baseless claims of ‘cheating’: Pennsylvania is a magnet for election misinformation By Amy Sherman• November 2, 2024 Rush Limbaugh tops our April High Five By James B. Nelson• May 5, 2014 Georgia’s 'exact match' law and the Abrams-Kemp governor's election, explained By Miriam Valverde• October 19, 2018 What was the fake elector plot by Trump allies following the 2020 election? By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 27, 2023
Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials Miscellany Blue Yard sign Dan Blue Blue Oregon Big Gamble NJ Make the Road Nevada Republican Governors Association Democratic Governors Association Big League Politics Think Big Illinois Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . Make Us Great Again National Women's Law Center County Line DeKalb County Multnomah County Georgia Lottery Georgia Voice
Jody Hice stated on May 05, 2022 in a TV interview: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger used "$50 million of Zuckerberg money" in 2020 to "tip the scales." By Amy Sherman• May 19, 2022 Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2014 in a meme on social media: "97 percent of the 100 poorest counties in America are in red states." By Louis Jacobson• July 29, 2014 Mark Drewniak stated on January 06, 2015 in in a press interview: Mercedes said high taxes and the cost of doing business in New Jersey worked to Georgia’s advantage in landing the company's USA corporate headquarters. By Nancy Badertscher, April Hunt• January 14, 2015 Republican Governors Association stated on July 29, 2022 in Email: "Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments." By Alan Hovorka• August 12, 2022 Ted Cruz stated on October 27, 2022 in a tweet: Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• October 28, 2022 Donald Trump stated on November 04, 2020 in a tweet: “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.” By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2020 Mary Norwood stated on June 29, 2010 in a television interview: "Georgia has the most restrictive ballot access laws in the country." By Eric Stirgus• July 2, 2010 Donald Trump stated on October 11, 2024 in a Truth Social post: “It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.” By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht• October 12, 2024 Donald Trump stated on November 01, 2019 in a rally in Mississippi: Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote." By Amy Sherman• November 6, 2019 Phil Gingrey stated on December 28, 2011 in an online news story: 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. By Willoughby Mariano• January 10, 2012 Bloggers stated on November 11, 2018 in a post on Facebook: "Fulton County numbers show massive duplicate ballots, rejected ballots, non-citizens trying to vote." By Ciara O'Rourke• November 20, 2018 Get Georgia Right stated on April 08, 2022 in an ad: Brian Kemp "dismissed concerns about voter fraud in the 2020 election" and "widespread illegal ballot harvesting continued, electing two Democrat senators." By Tom Kertscher• April 14, 2022 Sam Olens stated on August 04, 2011 in a talk at the Atlanta Press Club: "The governor having a meeting ... isn't covered by the open meetings act." By Willoughby Mariano• August 16, 2011 Georgia state senators stated on March 16, 2011 in a legislative debate: Say easing restrictions on selling alcohol on Sundays will result in more traffic crashes and fatalities. By Eric Stirgus• March 18, 2011 Viral image stated on November 09, 2016 in a post-election Tweet: Says the KKK marched in Mebane, N.C., after Trump’s victory By Will Doran• November 9, 2016 Nathan Deal stated on April 23, 2014 in a press conference: Roughly 500,000 Georgians -- or about 5 percent of the state’s residents -- have gone through a background check to legally obtain a Georgia weapons carry license. By Nancy Badertscher• May 6, 2014 David Perdue stated on May 21, 2022 in an interview with Breitbart: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp “allowed 7.5 million ballots to be sent to every registered voter.” By Amy Sherman• May 23, 2022 David Perdue stated on April 24, 2022 in a debate: A consent decree approved by Gov. Brian Kemp “invalidated all voter ID law” and “allowed fraudulent ballots to be accepted” in the 2020 race. By Amy Sherman• April 26, 2022 Dan Patrick stated on April 06, 2021 in a press conference: “Nothing has changed in the election code (under SB 7) regarding early voting. Nothing has changed." By Brandon Mulder• April 9, 2021 Donald Trump stated on November 05, 2020 in a White House speech: “If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.” By Amy Sherman• November 6, 2020
What’s in Georgia’s new voting law that lost it the All-Star Game By Amy Sherman• April 7, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: Can Georgia Republicans oust Fulton County DA Fani Willis? By Amy Sherman• August 31, 2023 Ballot drop boxes were popular in 2020. Then they became a GOP target By Amy Sherman• May 19, 2021 Iowa’s newest election laws, explained By Lauren White• June 21, 2021 Why days of ballot counting isn’t suspicious By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• November 9, 2022 Removal of Liz Cheney from House leadership is only one piece of GOP coalescing around the ‘Big Lie’ By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• May 14, 2021 In GA-6 race, fact-checking attacks about campaign cash By Jon Greenberg• June 8, 2017 PolitiFact checks out toll roads, chickens By Willoughby Mariano• March 13, 2011 Answering Questions About Vote-By-Mail In California Amid COVID-19, Attacks By Trump By Chris Nichols• June 3, 2020 Elections are over, but the Truth-O-Meter abides By Willoughby Mariano• November 7, 2010 How we know Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential race By Daniel Funke, Samantha Putterman• November 13, 2020 Not knowing all the results on election night is normal. Here's why. By Amy Sherman• October 30, 2024 New GOP canvassers in Michigan who embrace election myths raise prospect of chaotic certification By Clara Hendrickson• January 24, 2022 Arizona’s widespread use of mail-in voting and close margins created longer wait for results By Amy Sherman• November 15, 2022 Vivek Ramaswamy has called for ‘paper ballots.’ Most Americans vote that way already. By Amy Sherman• September 19, 2023 Ask PolitiFact: Are New York’s voter laws more restrictive than Georgia’s? By Amy Sherman• April 8, 2021 Baseless claims of ‘cheating’: Pennsylvania is a magnet for election misinformation By Amy Sherman• November 2, 2024 Rush Limbaugh tops our April High Five By James B. Nelson• May 5, 2014 Georgia’s 'exact match' law and the Abrams-Kemp governor's election, explained By Miriam Valverde• October 19, 2018 What was the fake elector plot by Trump allies following the 2020 election? By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 27, 2023
