O-Score proof
Election Day: Dorchester County, S.C., voters approve a one-cent education sales tax for schools, 59.96% to 40.04%, WCIV reports
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets by our publish date · 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 4, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.
Status history (3 events, ET)
- O-Score check: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
- Published as breaking news
- 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: All 13 outlets were checked through Google News and Bing News site searches; their own site search could not be run directly.
Checked Nov 4, 2026, 12:12 AM ET · search window: 40 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP,apnews.com | Not found | Dorchester County sales tax Dorchester education sales tax Dorchester School District Two referendum 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Reuters,reuters.com | Not found | Dorchester County sales tax Dorchester education sales tax Dorchester School District Two referendum 3 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| The New York Times,nytimes.com | Not found | Dorchester County sales tax Dorchester education sales tax Dorchester School District Two referendum 4 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| The Washington Post,washingtonpost.com | Not found | Dorchester County sales tax Dorchester education sales tax Dorchester School District Two referendum |
| The Wall Street Journal,wsj.com | Not found | Dorchester County sales tax Dorchester education sales tax Dorchester School District Two referendum 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| CNN,cnn.com | Not found | Dorchester County sales tax Dorchester education sales tax Dorchester School District Two referendum 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Fox News,foxnews.com | Not found | Dorchester County sales tax Dorchester education sales tax Dorchester School District Two referendum 4 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| NBC News,nbcnews.com | Not found | Dorchester County sales tax Dorchester education sales tax Dorchester School District Two referendum 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| CBS News,cbsnews.com | Not found | Dorchester County sales tax Dorchester education sales tax Dorchester School District Two referendum 3 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| ABC News,abcnews.go.com | Not found | Dorchester County sales tax Dorchester education sales tax Dorchester School District Two referendum |
| NPR,npr.org | Not found | Dorchester County sales tax Dorchester education sales tax Dorchester School District Two referendum |
| USA Today,usatoday.com | Not found | Dorchester County sales tax Dorchester education sales tax Dorchester School District Two referendum 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Bloomberg,bloomberg.com | Not found | Dorchester County sales tax Dorchester education sales tax Dorchester School District Two referendum 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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Pickups
We published: Nov 4, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Check history
| Checked (ET) | Check | O-Score | Confirmed outlets | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026, 12:12 AM ET | initial | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | No change |
Search terms
“Dorchester County sales tax”, “Dorchester education sales tax”, “Dorchester School District Two referendum”
Method
- google-news site: (3 term variants per outlet)
- bing-news site: (3 term variants per outlet)
- editor read of every candidate headline
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.