Subject to overcounting
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 71.2 percent of Hispanic registered voters in Texas and over 86 percent of African American registered voters participated in the 2012 elections.
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, August 16th, 2013
Every member but one
Says about NSA data collection: "Every member in both parties who served on the Intelligence Committee voted in favor of this."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Says her own poll, with some support
"In New Hampshire, 93 percent of Democrats, 79 percent of Republicans, 82 percent of gun owners and 60 percent of NRA households support background checks."
— PolitiFact National on Monday, July 8th, 2013
A prohibition, with caveats
"It's expressly prohibited by law that you can read and wholly surveil domestic email traffic in the United States."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, June 13th, 2013
Numbers largely add up
"Black children constitute 18 percent of the nation's public school population but 40 percent of the children who are suspended or expelled."
— PolitiFact Georgia on Monday, June 10th, 2013
Newest data close to mark
"If you are black or brown, you are nine times more likely to be stopped and frisked" in New York City.
— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
True of background checks -- but other proposals?
Says "overwhelming majorities of Americans" support gun legislation "like background checks."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Poll includes 'current or lapsed' NRA members
"Even members of the NRA, when they were polled recently, were under the impression that everyone has a criminal background check."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
But a constitutional amendment isn't the issue
"The governor does not have any power to veto a referendum [on same-sex marriage] that would be a constitutional amendment."
— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
A 2006 survey, mostly unchallenged
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.
— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
Sexual orientation is not protected under Title VII
Says, "Less than half of all states have legal protections on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, despite the fact that LGBT Americans report employment discrimination and unemployment at much higher rates than the U.S. average."
— PolitiFact Oregon on Monday, June 18th, 2012
Romney said he won't change law
Says Mitt Romney "has refused to say whether he would have vetoed or signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Two dozen states in 1958
"In 1958, there were 16 states in this country that prohibited -- prohibited -- an African-American and a Caucasian from being married."
— PolitiFact New Jersey on Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Not blanket protection
Wisconsin bill "grants drug companies and medical device manufacturers immunity from injuries and deaths caused by their products."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, October 14th, 2011
The accepted measure puts Milwaukee — the metro area — at No. 1
Milwaukee is "the most segregated city in America."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, April 18th, 2011
Do loaded questions matter?
"Over 80 percent of the people want the shot to vote" on whether to approve same-sex marriage, according to polls.
— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, December 26th, 2010