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DEVELOPING · 27 OCT → 30 OCT 2026 · 4 EDITIONS · 30 OUTLETS

DOJ asks Washington to hold ballots from 405 voters over citizenship questions

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 15 30 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 27 Oct 06:16 UTC · DOJ asks Washington to set aside ballots from 405 voters over citizenship questions 27 Oct 18:21 UTC · DOJ asks Washington to segregate ballots from 405 suspected noncitizens 28 Oct 00:15 UTC · DOJ asks Washington to set aside ballots from 405 voters over citizenship questions 28 Oct 06:14 UTC · DOJ asks Washington to hold ballots from 405 voters over citizenship questions

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 4 HEADLINES

  1. 27 Oct, 06:16 UTC

    DOJ asks Washington to set aside ballots from 405 voters over citizenship questions

  2. 27 Oct, 18:21 UTC

    DOJ asks Washington to segregate ballots from 405 suspected noncitizens

  3. 28 Oct, 00:15 UTC

    DOJ asks Washington to set aside ballots from 405 voters over citizenship questions

  4. 28 Oct, 06:14 UTC

    DOJ asks Washington to hold ballots from 405 voters over citizenship questions

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Steve Hobbs · 2 outlets
  • 400 people they · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.