copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2024-08-11): On Wednesday, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order cementing election security protocols in the state, noting that since he took office Virginia has discovered and removed more than 6,000 noncitizen registered voters from voting rolls. [...] He said that this was through data sharing between the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and the Department of Elections, which allowed the state to "scrub existing voter rolls and remove noncitizens who may have purposefully or accidentally registered to vote." In interviews on Thursday, Youngkin said, "We give everyone who was removed from the voter roll 14 days to come back and demonstrate that they are a citizen. And they should be on the voter roll, and that's a very important process."
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2024-08-24): An estimated 234,570 extra votes were cast by noncitizens in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, enough to deliver a win for President-elect Joe Biden, according to a report from Just Facts Daily. The website is an extension of conservative-leaning research institute, Just Facts. [...] Registration for voting in federal elections is reserved for U.S. citizens, according to the National Council of State Legislatures. The right to vote in local municipal or town elections has been extended to noncitizens in 11 states. [...] North Carolina: 46,218 ± 16,001
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2024-09-12): "We have a number of states who have done audits of their voter rolls and found thousands of noncitizens on their voter rolls. And it’s in some of the swing states — Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia — states that could determine the outcome of the election," Johnson told CNN’s Jake Tapper. [...] Critics argue it’s already illegal for noncitizens to vote and the risk of prosecution and deportation is an effective deterrent for people who have already sacrificed to come to the US. It’s already a best practice for states to check voter registrations against their Department of Motor Vehicles or Social Security files, and reviews of voter rolls have shown very few noncitizens try to vote. [...] Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, announced last month that an ongoing, yearslong review of voter rolls in Texas, which has nearly 18 million voters, had identified more than 6,500 "potential" noncitizens on the voter rolls. Of those, less than 2,000 have a voter history. He referred the latter to the state attorney general’s office "for investigation and potential legal action," but no one has been accused of voting illegally.
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2024-08-28): Sen. Rick Scott said 3 states removed thousands of noncitizens on voter rolls. Here’s what we know [...] Three Republican-led states — Alabama, Texas and Virginia — have taken steps to remove or flag ineligible people on the voter rolls, since at least 2021. This included noncitizens, or potential noncitizens, according to state officials. [...] Here is what we know about the efforts to remove noncitizen voters in three states:
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2024-02-09): For more information on USCIS and our programs, please visit uscis.gov or follow us on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook. [...] - Online Appointment Request Form: USCIS launched a new online process for individuals, attorneys, and accredited representatives to request an in-person appointment at their local field office without having to call our Contact Center. From the August launch through September, we received more than 16,000 appointment requests through this new online tool. [...] - Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal (276,000 online filings, comprising 61% of the total).
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2021-01-01): Delivered a future of greater promise and opportunity for citizens of all backgrounds. [...] - Fully enforced and implemented statutorily authorized "expedited removal" of illegal aliens. [...] Implemented strong measures to stem hate crimes, gun violence, and human trafficking.
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2024-01-26): Operation Lone Star Holds The Line To Defend Southern Border [...] RECENT HIGHLIGHTS FROM OPERATION LONE STAR: [...] DPS Troopers Arrest Three For Criminal Trespass At Shelby Park
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2021-10-30): Below are the latest and most essential facts about immigrants and immigration reform in the nation today. The facts are broken down into the following sections: [...] Immigrants and the economy [...] The author thanks Tom Jawetz, Sanam Malik, Nicole Prchal Svajlenka, and Philip E. Wolgin for their help.
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2021-11-03): District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. [...] States [[Page 135 STAT. 55]] [...] Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2007-07-03): - The numerical register, in large loose-leaf books. [...] 3 Assignment of area numbers by state is available at www.socialsecurity.gov/employer/stateweb.htm. [...] 16 See www.socialsecurity.gov/cbsv/ for additional information about CBSV.
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (1996-01-23): To improve the state of our Union, we must ask more of ourselves, we must expect more of each other, and we must face our challenges together. [...] Now, each of us must hold high the torch of citizenship in our own lives. None of us can finish the race alone. We can only achieve our destiny together -- one hand, one generation, one American connecting to another. [...] Thank you, God bless you and God bless the United States of America. Thank you.
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2024-10-02): - a comprehensive directory of the information they collect about their immigration investigations and enforcement activities; - records detailing how these data are distributed as extracts or snapshots; and - copies of the latest data stored in four of their main internal data repositories. See more... The partial failure of the ambitious project started by the Bush Administration in August 2006 leaves many problems for the Obama Administration and Congress to confront. See more...
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2024-08-06): Ohio Sec. of State LaRose’s noncitizen voter registration audit sweeps in naturalized citizens [...] According to the most recent published data from the Department of Homeland Security, in Ohio alone, nearly 16,000 people were naturalized during the 2022 fiscal year. [...] Last Thursday, LaRose announced he’d sent notice to county boards of election directing them to remove 499 allegedly noncitizen registrations from their voter rolls. He said he’s "duty-bound" to ensure people who have yet to become citizens are not voting.
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2024-05-07): The right to vote and the right to serve on a jury are the cornerstones of our system of self-government and represent Americans’ most significant opportunities to participate in the democratic process. However, restrictions on democratic participation—at the ballot and jury box—have diluted the voices of people of color. [...] States are required to conduct what is known as voter list maintenance—a practice that updates voter rolls to establish the most accurate list of voters as possible. One mechanism that states use to identify voters who have changed their residence is joining multi-state voter list maintenance organizations, with the Electronic Registration Information Center ("ERIC") being the largest interstate data-sharing program. Legislation to require New York to join one of these programs before August 2025 is pending before the State Legislature and would aid New York in maintaining accurate voter lists, thus appropriately allocating election resources. [...] Mandatory minimums coerce unfair plea deals and result in unduly harsh prison sentences. Further, New York’s two- and three-strike laws devastate Black, Brown, and low-income communities by requiring excessive or lifelong sentences, even when the initial offense was committed when the individual was young.
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2024-05-09): Source: USCIS, ELIS. Data accessed November 2023. Notes: Due to rounding, the totals may not sum. [...] Notes: Due to rounding, the totals may not sum. There are some missing dates of birth.
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2024-05-01): LATE 19TH CENTURY ADAPTATION AND RESISTANCE [...] Professor Edward D. Castillo Cahuilia-Luiseno (Permission to reproduce without written consent of the author is forbidden)
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2024-06-17): 3 There is an exception if the person is disabled and has income from a sheltered workshop. [...] Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee [...] Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2024-04-12): Another popular conservative account also spread the inflated voter registration claim, summarizing it this way: "Over 8 million illegal aliens have invaded America under Biden[.] Now we learn more than 2 million voter registrations have been completed *WITHOUT VOTER ID* in the past 3 months in 3 crucial states for 2024[.] Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Texas[.] Now you know why the border is open." [...] We reached out to the secretaries of state in each of those three states and were told by all of their offices that the numbers in the social media posts were wrong. [...] So, the actual number of new voters in the three states is about a tenth of what is claimed in the posts. And there’s no evidence to support the suggestion that the new registrants are immigrants in the country illegally.
Claim: “This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.” (Rick Scott, 2024-08-29)
Evidence (2024-03-14): By Wendy Sawyer and Peter Wagner [...] Our data sources were: To avoid counting anyone twice, we performed the following adjustments:
Claim: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.” (Social media posts, 2024-08-06)
Evidence (2024-08-06): The bill, called the "Take Pride Act," updated the definition of "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" in the Minnesota Human Rights Act. It didn’t include pedophiles in these definitions, nor did it give pedophiles legal protections. Legal experts told PolitiFact that laws prohibiting discrimination because of sexual orientation do not protect pedophiles, even if they do not include that specific disclaimer. In Minnesota, an adult who engages in sexual conduct with a minor can be charged with a first-degree felony, which is punishable by up to 30 years of imprisonment, a fine of up to $40,000 or both.
Claim: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.” (Social media posts, 2024-08-06)
Evidence (2023-04-26): The bill updates the definition of "sexual orientation" in Minnesota’s Human Rights Act. But this does not create a protected class for pedophilia. [...] "BREAKING: A transgender representative in Minnesota has introduced a bill that will remove the exclusion of pedophiles from the protected class of ‘sexual orientation,’" the group tweeted April 26. "This means it will be illegal to discriminate against child rapists." [...] Minnesota statutes already specify that sexual orientation is about having attachments to another person regardless of that person’s sex, not that person’s age, said Brian Soucek, a law professor at the University of California, Davis School of Law. "No court in the country has or would ever say that a law protecting people from discrimination based on their sexual orientation extends to protecting pedophilia."
Claim: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.” (Social media posts, 2024-08-06)
Evidence (2024-09-11): Laura Hermer, a professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Minnesota, told PolitiFact that Perkins’ claim misconstrues the Minnesota law passed under Walz’s governorship.
Claim: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.” (Social media posts, 2024-08-06)
Evidence (2024-08-12): Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who was recently named as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, has a legislative history of supporting the rights of transgender minors and gender-affirming care, which has come under fire from top Republicans, including former President Donald Trump and his running mate Ohio Senator JD Vance. At a campaign rally in Montana on Friday, Trump, the GOP's presidential nominee, accused Walz of signing a law "letting the state kidnap children to change their gender so that they go home." Vance, during an interview with ABC News' Jonathan Karl on This Week that aired Sunday morning, backed Trump's comments, reiterating that the policy amounts to "kidnapping." [...] In April 2023, Walz, who has been the state's governor since 2019, signed a Minnesota law aimed at protecting the rights of the LGBTQ+ community to access and receive gender-affirming health care—which can include a range of medical procedures and care such as surgery and puberty blockers—without intervention of out-of-state laws.
Claim: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.” (Social media posts, 2024-08-06)
Evidence (2024-08-09): Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, signed legislation allowing Minnesota courts to take "temporary emergency jurisdiction" in a child custody case involving "gender-affirming" care.
Claim: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.” (Social media posts, 2024-08-06)
Evidence (2024-08-07): Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) signed a law last year that removed language clarifying that pedophiles were excluded from the definition of sexual orientation. [...] Previously, Minnesota law had taken pains to explicitly exclude pedophiles from the definition of sexual orientation, making it clear that pedophiles are not part of the same protected category as gay people, for example. [...] Minnesota law now simply defines "sexual orientation" as "to whom someone is, or is perceived of as being, emotionally, physically, or sexually attracted to based on sex or gender identity. A person may be attracted to men, women, both, neither, or to people who are genderqueer, androgynous, or have other gender identities."
Claim: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.” (Social media posts, 2024-08-06)
Evidence (2024-08-08): Democrat vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill that redefined the term "sexual orientation" to include pedophiles in Minnesota’s Human Rights Act. Minnesota’s "Take Pride Act", which was signed into law by Gov. Walz in May of 2023, included a section that redefined the term "sexual orientation" to include pedophiles in the state’s Human Rights Act. [...] The state’s original 1993 Human Rights Act included sexual orientation as a protected class, with a caveat that stated, "‘Sexual orientation’ does not include a physical or sexual attachment to children by an adult."
Claim: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.” (Social media posts, 2024-08-06)
Evidence (2024-08-06): Walz, who was reportedly championed by House Democrats and former speaker Nancy Pelosi over Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, has a long record of supporting LGBTQ+ rights, stretching at least back to 1999 when he was the faculty advisor for Mankato West High School’s first-ever Gay-Straight Alliance. A veteran and former teacher, Walz was elected to the House of Representatives in 2007 and served there until 2019 when he became governor of Minnesota. As The Hill noted in its recent recounting of Walz’s LGBTQ+ policy positions, Walz ran for Congress while openly supporting same-sex marriage, seven years before Minnesota would eventually legalize it. A National Guard veteran, he has also advocated for the repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell," which barred servicemembers from disclosing their sexual orientation, and as governor he has made Minnesota a refuge for youth seeking gender-affirming care via an executive order issued in March 2023. In April of that year, Walz subsequently signed a law banning the dangerous and harmful practice of conversion therapy.
Claim: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.” (Social media posts, 2024-08-06)
Evidence (2024-08-09): As Minnesota governor, Tim Walz signed a bill making it illegal to discriminate against pedophiles under the state’s civil rights law. [...] The caption reads, "As Minnesota governor, Tim Walz signed a bill making it illegal to discriminate against pedophiles under the state’s civil rights law." [...] The original version of the law featured a line that explicitly excluded pedophilia as a category of sexual orientation. The law previously read, "Sexual orientation’ does not include a physical or sexual attachment to children by an adult," according to The Daily Wire. The new Take Pride Act would remove that language. (RELATED: Donald Trump Claims Kamala Harris Never Passed Her Bar Exam)
Claim: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.” (Social media posts, 2024-08-06)
Evidence (2024-08-09): Did Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sign into law a new definition of "sexual orientation" to protect adults who are physically and sexually attracted to children? No, that's not true: Pedophilia is not considered a legally protected sexual orientation in Minnesota. Changes to the law removed some language specifically excluding pedophilia from the definition of protected sexual orientations. But, that does not mean it is now protected. [...] Lead Stories watched the video included in the post making the claim and found that it referenced a bill introduced in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2023 called HF 1655 (archived here), also known as the Take Pride Act (archived here). There is a section of HF 1655 that proposes an amended definition of "sexual orientation," with the initial definition of the phrase coming from the 2022 Minnesota Statutes (archived here). The law as amended and signed by Walz, struck from sexual orientation's legal definition this phrase: "Sexual orientation' does not include a physical or sexual attachment to children by an adult." The new law does not replace that phrasing with a section that protects pedophilia. [...] The most current version of Minnesota's statutes at the time of writing this fact check, 2023 Minnesota Statutes, defines "sexual orientation" (archived here) without acknowledging pedophilia:
Claim: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.” (Social media posts, 2024-08-06)
Evidence (2023-05-05): The claim: New Minnesota bill would protect pedophiles as a sexual orientation [...] The bill wouldn't protect pedophiles as a "sexual orientation." Rather, it removed language from the law that linked pedophilia and sexual orientation. An amendment added on April 26 – two days before this post – directly says the physical and sexual attraction to children isn't protected by the bill. [...] "The bill updates outdated language that incorrectly ties pedophilia to a person's sexual orientation," Finke said in an email. "Nothing in the bill changes or weakens any crimes against children, or the state's ability to prosecute those who break the law. Of course, pedophilia is not a sexual orientation – which is why the language never should have been included in the statutory definition in the first place."
Claim: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.” (Social media posts, 2024-08-06)
Evidence (2024-01-01): In March 2023, Tim Walz signed the "Take Pride Act," which controversially redefined "sexual orientation" in Minnesota's Human Rights Act, removing explicit language that excluded pedophilia from the definition. [...] Tim Walz's recent selection as Kamala Harris’s running mate has brought renewed attention to a highly controversial bill he signed in March 2023. This legislation, known as the "Take Pride Act," redefined "sexual orientation" in Minnesota's Human Rights Act to include pedophiles by removing explicit language that excluded "a physical or sexual attachment to children by an adult" from the definition of sexual orientation. According to a Twitter thread by user @xxclusionary, Leigh Finke introduced H. F. No. 1655 on February 13th, 2023, which redefined "sexual orientation" by removing the section that explicitly excluded pedophilia. The bill passed through multiple revisions, and in every revision, the exclusion of pedophiles remained crossed out. This amendment was ultimately included in the "Take Pride Act," which was signed into law by Tim Walz. @xxclusionary emphasized that this change reflects a dangerous shift in legal protections and could lead to pedophilia being protected under the guise of sexual orientation.
Claim: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.” (Social media posts, 2024-08-06)
Evidence (2024-08-06): The bill, called the "Take Pride Act," updated the definition of "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" in the Minnesota Human Rights Act. It didn’t include pedophiles in these definitions, nor did it give pedophiles legal protections. [...] RNC Research, an X account run by former President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee, posted Aug. 6 that Walz signed a bill into law "removing ‘physical or sexual attachment to children by an adult’ from (Minnesota’s) human rights law — redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles." [...] We rate the claim that Walz signed a bill "redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles" False.