O-Score proof
Election Day: Washington voters "appear to have rejected Initiative 645", KOMO reports, keeping the 9.9% tax on income over $1 million in unofficial returns
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets as of about 1:55 a.m. ET, Nov 4 · 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: Checked within an hour of the first returns, through Google News/Bing site searches only, by listing headline (articles not opened). Candidate headlines were about other races, California's billionaire tax or generic preview pages; generic state results hubs (CNN, NPR, Bloomberg Washington results pages) were not counted as stories. Recheck due.
Checked Nov 4, 2026, 1:54 AM ET · search window: 3 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Initiative 645 site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Initiative 645 site:apnews.com" google-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:apnews.com" google-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:apnews.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news: "Initiative 645 site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Initiative 645 site:reuters.com" google-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:reuters.com" google-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:reuters.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | google-news: "Initiative 645 site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Initiative 645 site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:nytimes.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | google-news: "Initiative 645 site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Initiative 645 site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:washingtonpost.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news: "Initiative 645 site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Initiative 645 site:wsj.com" google-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:wsj.com" google-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:wsj.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news: "Initiative 645 site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Initiative 645 site:cnn.com" google-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:cnn.com" google-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:cnn.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Initiative 645 site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Initiative 645 site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:foxnews.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Initiative 645 site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Initiative 645 site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:nbcnews.com" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Initiative 645 site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Initiative 645 site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:cbsnews.com" 4 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news: "Initiative 645 site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Initiative 645 site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:abcnews.go.com" |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | google-news: "Initiative 645 site:npr.org" bing-news: "Initiative 645 site:npr.org" google-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:npr.org" bing-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:npr.org" google-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:npr.org" bing-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:npr.org" 3 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | google-news: "Initiative 645 site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Initiative 645 site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:usatoday.com" 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news: "Initiative 645 site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Initiative 645 site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Washington millionaires tax site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Washington income tax repeal site:bloomberg.com" 5 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, 1:54 AM ET | initial | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | No change |
Search terms
“Initiative 645”, “Washington millionaires tax”, “Washington income tax repeal”
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.