Audit Trail · Article #2494183

Six things to know about the NWT’s proposed new election rules

Source article ↗ · Cabin Radio · outlet lean: center · owner: Cabin Radio Ltd (independent)

published 2026-11-04T11:52:00 · ingested 2026-11-04T06:54:39.272611

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 confidence: 90% vv3

The article presents factual information about the proposed election rules without showing a clear bias for or against them.

      computed at 2026-11-04T06:54:39.272611
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 46% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-04T07:39:23.279144-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.000

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-04T07:01:25.960806

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-04T07:26:24.783908

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NT

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

true The NWT is proposing its biggest overhaul of territorial election rules in 20 years.

This statement is directly supported by the article's opening line.

        R.A.N.G.E.R. · 2026-11-04T07:26:24.783908
      

true There are some new items and multiple tweaks to the proposed rules.

The article provides a guide that lists these changes, supporting this claim.

        R.A.N.G.E.R. · 2026-11-04T07:26:24.783908
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Six things to know about the NWT’s proposed new election rules 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-04T06:54:39.283420
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

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Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 3 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-11-04T06:54:39.272611 ingested

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2026-11-04T07:39:23.279144 bias_v2_scored

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