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MoveOn.org stated on June 27, 2012 in an email:

Gov. Rick Scott "tried to kick 180,000 people off the voter rolls."

By Amy Sherman• July 10, 2012

Barack Obama stated on April 11, 2014 in a speech:

The U.S. Justice Department has "taken on more than 100 voting rights cases since 2009."

By Amy Sherman• April 23, 2014

John Lewis stated on February 24, 2013 in newspaper column:

"Opponents of Section 5 (of the Voting Rights Act) complain of state expense, yet their only cost is the paper, postage and manpower required to send copies of legislation to the federal government for review."

By Janel Davis• April 3, 2013

Brian Kemp stated on March 05, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Says he "fought Obama twice and won to stop illegal immigrants from voting."

By Miriam Valverde• March 21, 2018

Nevada Republican Party stated on November 05, 2020 in a tweet:

Republicans in Nevada found “at least 3,062 instances of voter fraud. ... Thousands of individuals have been identified who appear to have violated the law by casting ballots after they moved from NV."

By Miriam Valverde• November 6, 2020

Facebook posts stated on November 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Detroit has “2,503 dead people registered” including “one voter born in 1823.”

By Amy Sherman• November 5, 2020

Joe Biden stated on January 07, 2021 in a speech:

In more than 60 cases, judges “looked at the allegations that Trump was making and determined they were without any merit.”

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• January 8, 2021

West Virginia Democratic Party stated on April 01, 2019 in a tweet:

The Affordable Care Act "provided over 200,000 West Virginians with health care coverage."

By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver• April 17, 2019

Bloggers stated on February 28, 2020 in a news article:

“Swing State Hit With 2020 Voting Lawsuit - Accused Of Registering Over 1,500 Deceased People In Pennsylvania.”

By Jessica Calefati• March 27, 2020

League of Women Voters of Florida stated on October 10, 2013 in a statement:

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned that the SAVE "database is not a foolproof means of verifying (citizenship on) the voter rolls."

By Amy Sherman• October 30, 2013

Mehmet Oz stated on January 06, 2026 in an interview on Fox News:

“By federal law, if you sign someone up for Medicaid, you also give them the right to vote. … This is political patronage at the expense of Medicaid.”

By Amy Sherman• January 14, 2026

Rick Scott stated on August 28, 2024 in a post on X:

“This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.”

By Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• August 29, 2024

Jim Marchant stated on August 09, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon:

“Here in Nevada, the DMV registers everybody (to vote) and so that means illegals. They don’t check.”

By Amy Sherman• September 8, 2022

Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2023 in a Truth Social post:

The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.”

By Amy Sherman• March 9, 2023

Nancy Pelosi stated on December 17, 2019 in a tweet:

Says voter roll purge would mean "more than 200,000 registered Wisconsin voters will be prohibited from voting."

By Eric Litke• December 18, 2019

Donald Trump stated on December 02, 2020 in a speech:

Residents the Wisconsin Election Commission suspected of moving are “illegal voters.”

By Eric Litke• December 4, 2020

Ronna McDaniel stated on March 24, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Montana Democrats are "suing to say, ‘You should be allowed to be registered to vote in two states.'”

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• March 25, 2024

Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one" and the election is "Rigged."

By Chris Nichols• May 26, 2020

Facebook posts stated on November 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Republican election challengers were unfairly barred from observing absentee ballot processing and counting in Detroit.

By Clara Hendrickson• November 6, 2020

Alliance Defending Freedom stated on March 27, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Abortion pills are dangerous and “1 in 5 women will suffer a complication.”

By Samantha Putterman• April 13, 2023

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