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Search results for "Republicans have counted 'us' out before only to watch 'us' beat them in court on voting rights"

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Fact-checks (25932)

Instagram posts stated on November 08, 2022 in an Instagram post:
John Fetterman “is suing for the right to cheat and steal the election.”
By Amy Sherman• November 9, 2022
Facebook posts stated on November 20, 2012 in a post on Facebook:
A precinct in the Allen West-Patrick Murphy recount has "7 registered voters in Guatemalan community and the tally showed 900 voted!!!!!"
By Amy Sherman• November 20, 2012
Jake Corman stated on January 14, 2021 in an interview:
Says unproven voter fraud claims didn’t play “any role” in the Capitol riot.
By Jessica Calefati• January 17, 2021
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
Robert Pittenger stated on February 19, 2018 in an attack ad:
"Mark Harris worked to stop Trump from being president."
By Paul Specht• March 16, 2018
Mark Obenshain stated on November 27, 2013 in a statement.:
"Of the four statewide races this century within a 300-vote margin, three have been overturned in a recount."
By Nancy Madsen• December 17, 2013
Donald Trump stated on November 11, 2020 in a tweet:
“Pennsylvania and Michigan didn’t allow our poll watchers and/or vote observers to watch or observe.”
By Bill McCarthy• November 12, 2020
Ted Cruz stated on November 05, 2020 in a Fox News interview:
Philadelphia is “clouding the vote counting in a shroud of darkness.”
By Bill McCarthy• November 6, 2020
David Perdue stated on March 25, 2022 in a radio interview:
The 2021 Georgia Senate runoff and the 2020 presidential election “were stolen.”
By Amy Sherman• March 29, 2022
Allan Ritter stated on December 14, 2010 in a press conference.:
"In my 12 years in the House, I have watched my district go from a solidly Democratic district to a heavily solid Republican district."
By W. Gardner Selby• January 10, 2011
Brian Schimming stated on March 06, 2024 in Media call:
“We’ve had 12 elections in 24 years in Wisconsin that have been decided by less than 30,000 votes.”
By Vanessa Swales• April 5, 2024
Karl Rove stated on September 16, 2009 in an interview on Fox News:
Obama used to be a lawyer for ACORN.
By Robert Farley• September 17, 2009
Erica Smith stated on December 06, 2019 in :
Says she's beating Democratic opponent Cal Cunningham and is also the first black, female US Senate candidate to be beating an incumbent Senator (Thom Tillis) in "every poll out of the gate."
By Paul Specht• January 10, 2020
Instagram posts stated on December 15, 2020 in an Instagram post:
“6 states will cast their (electoral) votes for Trump AND for Biden,” which will lead to a second Trump term.
By Noah Y. Kim• December 16, 2020
Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2022 in a statement on Truth Social:
In the 2018 Florida governor's race "votes were being stolen by the corrupt election process in Broward. … I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended. … I stopped his Election from being stolen."
By Yacob Reyes, Amy Sherman• November 11, 2022
X posts stated on April 01, 2025 in an X post:
“Seven counties in Wisconsin (ran) out of ballots” and it was “intentional” to diminish Republican voter turnout.
By Amy Sherman• April 2, 2025
Instagram posts stated on November 18, 2024 in an Instagram post:
"Ballot dumps" in Pennsylvania, California, North Carolina, Alaska and Wisconsin show election officials are improperly “flipping" down-ballot seats for Democrats.
By Caleb McCullough• November 21, 2024
Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"21% of 140,000 ballots were found to be in error in GA.”
By Amy Sherman• May 27, 2021
Greg Abbott stated on September 07, 2021 in a press conference:
The Texas abortion law “provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion.”
By Amy Sherman• September 9, 2021
Justin Clark stated on October 28, 2020 in a tweet:
“Major decision protecting voting rights in Pa. Ballots received after Election Day will not be counted.”
By Jessica Calefati• October 29, 2020

Articles (8519)

Fact-checking the House impeachment debate about Trump, Capitol riot

By Jon Greenberg• January 13, 2021

Election denying candidates sought to undo voting rights. Many lost key races

By Amy Sherman• November 9, 2022

Donald Trump’s WSJ letter is wrong: Joe Biden won PA legitimately. Here’s how we know

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• October 29, 2021

Fact-checking false claims about Pennsylvania and the presidential election

By Jessica Calefati• December 6, 2020

How Democrats aim to define the lessons of Jan. 6

By Jon Greenberg• January 6, 2022

Fact-checking ‘Succession’: What happens if a fire destroys 100,000 absentee ballots in Milwaukee?

By Loreben Tuquero• May 19, 2023

Why the ‘stop the steal’ Arizona Republicans are wrong about 2020

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• August 3, 2022

Beating Kucinich to the base

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 4, 2007

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech after Electoral College vote

By Bill McCarthy• December 15, 2020

We fact-checked misinformation about the midterm elections, from Maricopa County to Detroit

By Jeff Cercone• November 9, 2022

Fact-checking claims about Selma and Voting Rights Act

By Amy Sherman• March 6, 2015

Fact-checks about Selma and the Voting Rights Act

By Amy Sherman• March 6, 2015

Election officials want safe voting. Here’s how they boosted security since 2020’s threats.

By Amy Sherman• October 23, 2024

Why days of ballot counting isn’t suspicious

By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• November 9, 2022

Here’s why Georgia’s Republican officials are confident in their presidential election results

By Bill McCarthy• January 5, 2021

Ask PolitiFact: How are elections run in the US?

By Amy Sherman• May 31, 2022

Will children be counted if Missouri Amendment 3 passes? It depends

By Veronica Mohesky• October 15, 2020

Fact-checking the second GOP presidential debate

By Aaron Sharockman• September 17, 2015

Fact-checking newcomer Lauren Boebert on Trump impeachment, Capitol riot

By Miriam Valverde• January 15, 2021

For the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a look back at our fact-checks

By Amy Sherman• August 7, 2015