Claim: Sen. Arlen Specter's remarks about changing political parties contained one statement that tripped our fact-checking radar: "Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their registration to become Democrats." Two hundred thousand people in one state changing their political colors from red to blue? Could it be true? Unfortunately, there's no way to be certain. That's because, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State, "Pennsylvania's voter registration form does not require the registrant to specify from which party they are changing."
Fact-check: Specter's Statistic on the Switch  - FactCheck.org
Verdict: sen. arlen specter's remarks about changing political parties contained one statement that tripped our fact-checking radar: "last year, more than 200,000 republicans in pennsylvania changed their registration to become democrats." two hundred thousand people in one state changing their political colors from red to blue? could it be true? unfortunately, there's no way to be certain. that's because, according to the pennsylvania department of state, "pennsylvania's voter registration form does not require the registrant to specify from which party they are changing."
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Justin Bank
Date published: 2009-04-29T15:37:40