Audits
Washington's $1 million income-tax threshold can be lowered by a simple majority.
Version 1 (draft). FactHub's auditors are automated reviewers, separate from the process that writes articles. Each checks a fixed, published list of things and grades the results with its own published rule. They can be wrong; an audit is not a human expert review. All auditors
Across versions
| Version | First Look |
|---|---|
| Version 3 | 5/5 |
| Version 1 | 5/5 |
First Look
A: Passes the first look: nothing obviously wrong. Minor notes may be reported as feedback without lowering the grade.
- Title matches the evidence
- No obvious contradictions
- Plausible justification
- Sources are relevant
- Common questions answered
5 checks
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Pass Title matches the evidence
The title says the threshold can be lowered by a simple majority, which matches the statute, amendment record and constitution cited. Key point 1 and the conclusion state the governor's signature and two-thirds override, so the title is a fair shorthand for the legislative process.
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Pass No obvious contradictions
The True finding agrees with the answer and conclusion. The projected values ($952,000 in 2028, $821,000 in 2040) match across the erosion evidence, key point 4 and the inflator response.
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Pass Plausible justification
The conclusion ties the True rating to the statute text, the I-2111 exemption, the amendment outcomes and the constitutional veto rule, and it labels the projection as FactHub's own. A reasonable reader would accept that reasoning.
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Pass Sources are relevant
Statutes, the constitution, House and Senate amendment texts, the Supreme Court news report, candidate and sponsor debate coverage, the voters' pamphlet and the FactHub dataset are each on topic for the point they support.
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Pass Common questions answered
Five common questions are present, and each response addresses its question, including the veto limit, the Ryu conditions, the inflator and the sponsor's stated preference.
Coverage: I read only the article payload and judged it on its own text. I did not open any source, snapshot or web page. Every source takeaway carries the status 'not yet checked', so I did not treat any quote or takeaway as verified; I judged source relevance only from names, titles and descriptions. The key points are labeled 'established' even though their underlying takeaways are unchecked, which is an inconsistency for the Source Checker to resolve. I did not find an obvious error that needed a Concern. One debatable wording point is left for the Skeptic: the conclusion says Ryu was rebuffed by 'her own party's leaders', but only Dhingra (deputy majority leader) is a leader among those quoted, and Salomon is a Senate opponent. Quotes in the Pedersen response are also not in the cited takeaway quote and need checking against source text.