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Latest Fact-Checks In Voter ID Laws

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Chris Carr
stated on May 22, 2022 in a tweet:
Stacey Abrams “supported the MLB boycott.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2022
Joni Ernst
stated on January 23, 2022 in an interview:
In Iowa, “since we have put a number of the voting laws into place over the last several years — voter ID is one of those — we’ve actually seen voter participation increase, even in off-election years.”
True
By Lyle Muller • January 26, 2022
Donald Trump
stated on January 7, 2022 in an email:
Democrats “are trying to ban voter ID.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 11, 2022
Lee Zeldin
stated on December 8, 2021 in a Tweet:
“Voter ID is supported by an overwhelming majority of NYers, from all across the state, walks of life, & political parties.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 18, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on August 26, 2021 in a proclamation:
Women are “disproportionately impacted by voter ID laws — especially married women who change their names, or those whose IDs do not accurately reflect their gender.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 7, 2021
Chip Roy
stated on July 29, 2021 in a hearing:
A quorum-breaking Texas Democrat said in 2007 that mail-in ballot fraud “is the greatest source of voter fraud in this state.”
True
By Brandon Mulder • August 6, 2021
Roy Cooper
stated on March 26, 2021 in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper:
“People don’t pretend to be someone else to go in and vote. You just don’t see that kind of fraud.”
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • April 5, 2021
Michael MacDonald
stated on March 24, 2021 in a statement:
Michigan election bills are “designed to make it easier for people to vote.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • April 2, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on March 25, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Says H.R. 1 gives immigrants illegally in the country “the right to vote.”
False
By Noah Y. Kim • March 31, 2021
Viral image
stated on August 2, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Sen. Cory Booker wants to require a federal license for gun owners but criticizes voter ID laws as discriminatory.
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek • March 30, 2021
Doug LaMalfa
stated on March 2, 2021 in a constituent email.:
Voting-rights legislation proposed by Democrats in Congress called H.R. 1 “would force states to restore the voting rights of convicted felons—including violent felons convicted of murder or rape.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • March 4, 2021
TikTok posts
stated on September 1, 2020 in a video posted on TikTok:
In Massachusetts, “anybody can go vote for anybody so long as they have their information. … They’re not even checking IDs at the polling stations.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • November 2, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on April 7, 2020 in a press briefing:
With voting by mail, “you get thousands and thousands of people sitting in somebody’s living room, signing ballots all over the place.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2020
David Lewis
stated on March 26, 2020 in a tweet:
“Pelosi tried to block voter ID/absentee ballot protections.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • April 7, 2020
Tim Moore
stated on December 27, 2019 in a press release:
Says the photo ID law passed by North Carolina lawmakers is “one of the nation’s most lenient voter ID laws.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • February 17, 2020
Robert Spindell
stated on January 19, 2020 in a TV interview:
Says some of the names that may be purged from voter roll are people who have died.
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • January 30, 2020
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 17, 2019 in a speech at George Washington University:
Between 27,000 and 200,000 Wisconsinites were “turned away” from the polls in 2016 due to lack of proper identification.
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • September 19, 2019
Facebook posts
stated on June 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says the “only valid reason to oppose voter ID is that you plan to cheat,” and “every Democrat in Congress opposes voter ID.”
Mostly False
By Sophie Austin • June 21, 2019
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