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Election officials played key role in Supreme Court mail ballot decision
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Extra Extra has grouped 19 reports on this story from 15 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 5 left-leaning, 8 center, and 6 right-leaning sources.
With a coverage-diversity score of 98 out of 100, this is one of the more evenly reported stories in our index right now — left, center, and right outlets are all giving it attention.
On reliability, 11 of the 15 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 4 outlets fall into our mixed or lower-reliability tier (C or D). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.
This story has been covered over the span of about 7 days, making it a longer-running thread rather than a single news flash.
Below, the same story is laid out side by side as left, center, and right outlets reported it. Read across the columns and watch what changes: the headline emphasis, which facts lead, the adjectives, and what each side leaves out. The story itself rarely changes — the framing almost always does.
Outlets covering this story: Minnesota Reformer, AlterNet, ProPublica, Washington Monthly, Crooks and Liars, Votebeat, SCOTUSblog, The Texas Tribune, Ballotpedia News, Straight Arrow News, City Journal, Reason, The Christian Post, Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Western Journal.
Left(5)
Minnesota ReformerBSep 21, 9:03 PM
Election officials played key role in Supreme Court mail ballot decision
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Election officials exhaled when the Supreme Court recently en
AlterNetCSep 21, 9:33 PM
The hidden force behind the Supreme Court’s high-stakes decision
Election officials exhaled when the Supreme Court recently ended months of uncertainty by blocking the Trump administration from restricting mail ballots this November. The Supreme Court decision clea
ProPublicaASep 21, 9:00 AM
Watch: The New Supreme Court
The post Watch: The New Supreme Court appeared first on ProPublica.
Washington MonthlyBSep 18, 9:00 AM
The Supreme Court Still Works as the Founders Intended
Many Democrats are hot to remake the Supreme Court. But it’s the lifetime judicial appointment that just kept Donald Trump from meddling with the midterms. The post The Supreme Court Still Works as th
Crooks and LiarsCSep 21, 3:51 PM
Trump Now Wants To Take Down The Entire International Criminal Court
The Trump administration is preparing to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court itself, escalating its campaign against the tribunal since tensions with Iran continue to intensify. Accor
Center(8)
VotebeatBSep 21, 9:00 AM
Election officials played key role in Supreme Court mail ballot decision
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. This news analysis was originally distributed in Votebeat’s free weekly newsletter. Si
VotebeatBSep 15, 12:45 AM
In blow to Trump, Supreme Court blocks mail ballot restrictions from taking effect in 2026
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest. The U.S. Supreme Court on Mon
SCOTUSblogASep 18, 1:30 PM
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SCOTUSblogASep 21, 1:00 PM
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SCOTUSblogASep 21, 2:30 PM
Some lessons of open-minded discourse on the Supreme Court
The Texas TribuneASep 18, 11:23 PM
Texas Supreme Court rules baby delivered by surrogate can leave Texas
The decision clears the way for the 1-month-old’s biological parents to relocate him from Dallas to Los Angeles, where the couple lives, to seek treatment there. Their surrogate wants him in Texas.
Ballotpedia NewsASep 19, 1:47 AM
Washington Supreme Court overturns natural gas initiative approved by voters in 2024
On Sept. 17, 2026, the Washington Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved initiative on natural gas regulations, ruling it violated the state constitution's single-subject rule. The measure — known
Straight Arrow NewsBSep 21, 4:27 PM
US prepares potentially crippling sanctions against International Criminal Court
Reports say the U.S. would ban the International Criminal Court from conducting transactions in American dollars, potentially crippling it.
Right(6)
City JournalBSep 21, 12:30 PM
Don’t Judge the Supreme Court by Its Polls
Public confidence is down in an age of collapsing institutional trust, but Americans still generally support the Court’s rulings.
ReasonASep 21, 11:00 AM
Today in Supreme Court History: September 21, 1981
9/21/1981: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is confirmed by the Senate, 99-0. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 21, 1981 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
The Christian PostCSep 21, 4:47 PM
Texas Supreme Court pauses ruling that dismissed Cindy Clemishire's Gateway Church lawsuit
The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily halted a lower court's dismissal of Cindy Clemishire's defamation lawsuit against Gateway Church, founder Robert Morris and other church leaders, pausing the ca
The Christian PostCSep 21, 4:57 PM
ND Supreme Court upholds ban on sex-change surgeries, hormone drugs for minors
North Dakota’s highest court has upheld a state ban on cosmetic sex-change surgeries and puberty-blocking drugs for minors who identify as the opposite sex.
Las Vegas Review-JournalBSep 21, 10:38 PM
Nevada Supreme Court dismisses challenge to LDS temple project in northwest Las Vegas
The Nevada Supreme Court dismissed an appeal that sought a legal review of an upcoming Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple near Lone Mountain.
The Western JournalDSep 21, 7:23 PM
Trump Prepares Move to Cripple International Criminal Court in Wake of Netanyahu Arrest Warrant: Report
Trump administration officials reportedly said they’re planning to sanction the International Criminal Court due to its issuance of an arrest warrant for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Th
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