O-Score proof
AP: Washington voters approve ballot measure on transgender athletes in girls’ school sports (unofficial)
5O-Score5 · Lightly covered3 of 13 major U.S. outlets as of staged lock date 2026-11-05 (opened-article standard for non-AP). · 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: 5 (Lightly covered) · 3 of 13 outlets counted
- Breaking period ends (24 hours) (scheduled)
The math
- Outlets checked: 12 major U.S. national outlets.
- Confirmed reports of this story dated on or before our publish date: 3.
- 3 found → O-Score 5 (Lightly covered). Higher means more overlooked.
| Score | Meaning | Major U.S. outlets that covered it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fully overlooked | 0 of 13 outlets |
| 8 | Barely covered | 1 outlet |
| 6, 5 | Lightly covered ← this story | 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: AP primary = pack browser snapshot only (live AP curl/jina returned 403; final publish needs sanctioned public recheck). NYT candidate listed but article body unverified. USA Today and NPR articles opened with Washington mentions counted. Dates on matched non-AP from article stamps; primary race facts from archived AP snapshots (not a fresh live AP reopen).
Checked Nov 5, 2026, 9:07 PM ET · search window: 30 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Found: Washington passes ban on transgender girls in female sports (2026-11-05) | pack-snapshot-primary |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news search this pass |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | google-news RSS candidate; WebFetch nytimes URL failed |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | google-news; pre-election candidate reviewed |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news search this pass |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news search this pass |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news search this pass |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | google-news search this pass |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | google-news search this pass |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news search this pass |
| NPR npr.org | Found: Where voters stand on state ballot measures, from abortion to LGBTQ rights to guns (2026-11-04T21:49:00Z) | opened-article |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Found: Republicans win on Trump culture war priority: transgender athletes (2026-11-04) | opened-article |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news search this pass |
Pickups
We published: Nov 5, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Search terms
“Washington transgender girls sports ban”, “Washington ballot transgender athletes school sports”, “Washington initiative girls sports”
Method
- manual-ap-primary-verify
- google-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.