O-Score proof
BREAKING / UNOFFICIAL: Jeffco Public Schools Ballot Issue 5A trails by three votes — Yes 150,891 / No 150,894 on Thursday Colorado SOS combined Jefferson+Broomfield count, Golden Transcript and Denver Gazette show
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets as of publish · See proof →Method note: Score reflects coverage as of publish date; changed Nov 2, 2026. Only articles dated on or before our publish date (Nov 5, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.
Status history (3 events, ET)
- Published as breaking news
- O-Score check: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
- Breaking period ends (24 hours) (scheduled)
The math
- Outlets checked: 13 major U.S. national outlets.
- Confirmed reports of this story dated on or before our publish date: 0.
- 0 found → O-Score 10 (Fully overlooked). Higher means more overlooked.
| Score | Meaning | Major U.S. outlets that covered it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fully overlooked ← this story | 0 of 13 outlets |
| 8 | Barely covered | 1 outlet |
| 6, 5 | Lightly covered | 2 outlets (6) · 3 outlets (5) |
| 4, 3 | Covered | 4 outlets (4) · 5 outlets (3) |
| 2, 1, 0 | Widely covered | 6–7 outlets (2) · 8–10 outlets (1) · 11–13 outlets (0) |
Provisional: Headline search only (Google News and Bing News, query variants per outlet, all 13 outlets searched). Candidates unrelated after title-open (including CBS false positive); may change on recheck.
Checked Nov 5, 2026, 10:38 PM ET · search window: 30 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:apnews.com" google-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:apnews.com" google-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:apnews.com" |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:reuters.com" google-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:reuters.com" google-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:reuters.com" |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | google-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:nytimes.com" |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | google-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:washingtonpost.com" |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:wsj.com" google-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:wsj.com" google-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:wsj.com" |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:cnn.com" google-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:cnn.com" google-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:cnn.com" |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:foxnews.com" |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:nbcnews.com" |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:cbsnews.com" |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:abcnews.go.com" |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | google-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:npr.org" bing-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:npr.org" google-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:npr.org" bing-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:npr.org" google-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:npr.org" bing-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:npr.org" |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | google-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:usatoday.com" |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Jefferson County 5A mill levy site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Jeffco 5A 150891 site:bloomberg.com" |
Pickups
We published: Nov 5, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Search terms
“Jeffco Ballot Issue 5A”, “Jefferson County 5A mill levy”, “Jeffco 5A 150891”
Method
- google-news
- bing-news
A match counts only if the outlet’s own article is about this story, not a passing mention. “Not found” means not found by these methods; search engines index only part of each site. Stories are rechecked daily for pickups; the score itself is locked to coverage as of our publish date.