“This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.”
Rick Scott
U.S. Sen. R-Fla.. Claim dated 29 Aug 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
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. But there are several unknowns about the list.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rick Scott (U.S. Sen. R-Fla.) made this claim around 29 August 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 August 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Rick Scott has 28 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 15 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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