{
 "judge": "sonnet",
 "judge_model": "claude-sonnet-5.5",
 "arm": "D",
 "contest": "qb",
 "wall_seconds": 21.4,
 "body_words": 418,
 "parsed": {
  "claims": [
   {
    "n": 1,
    "claim": "The question decides whether the County may use its capital budget to help finance qualifying affordable for-sale housing without the County itself owning the project.",
    "cited": [
     1
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "Matches the official Howard Question B text: the County is not required to own or construct the project.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/ballot_questions.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 2,
    "claim": "A FOR vote allows the County to finance some or all of a qualifying project through its capital budget. The Housing Commission, or an entity it controls, must own the project, and all units must be for sale.",
    "cited": [
     1
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Matches the official text: 'some or all'; the Housing Commission or an entity it controls must own the project; 'only housing units for sale'.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/ballot_questions.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 3,
    "claim": "The County would repay the bonds over a set period, typically 20\u201330 years, and affordable units must remain affordable for that period.",
    "cited": [
     1
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Matches the official text. 'Bonds' is glossed as borrowed money, which is accurate.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/ballot_questions.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 4,
    "claim": "An AGAINST vote keeps the current County-ownership requirement for this funding. Projects covered by the exception would need financing outside the capital budget, and an AGAINST vote does not prohibit those projects.",
    "cited": [
     1
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The official text says the current Charter requires County ownership. An AGAINST vote 'would require these projects to be financed in ways other than the County's capital budget'. The 'does not prohibit' point is a fair reading.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/ballot_questions.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 5,
    "claim": "The 'possible argument' bullets: the amendment adds a financing route, ties public financing to affordability for the bond repayment period, and the AGAINST side keeps the ownership safeguard and avoids long-term borrowing.",
    "cited": [
     1
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "These are labeled arguments. Their factual content (20\u201330 year repayment, Housing Commission ownership) matches the ballot text. No unsourced attribution to any person or group.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/ballot_questions.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 6,
    "claim": "Named supporters and opponents: not found. Costs, tax effects, number of homes, income limits and resale rules: not found in sources checked.",
    "cited": [],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "The cited source gives none of these, and the page says so honestly. I did not independently search for advocacy positions, and I did not open the linked Howard charter amendment text PDF. Neither affects the verdicts.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/ballot_questions.html"
   }
  ],
  "dead_or_fake_urls": [],
  "invented_attribution": [],
  "endorsement": [],
  "equal_treatment_issues": [],
  "rubric": {
   "accuracy": 5,
   "sourcing": 4,
   "balance": 4,
   "usefulness": 4,
   "clarity": 5
  },
  "gate": "pass",
  "gate_reasons": [
   "The sole cited URL is live and matches the page's claims. No invented attribution, endorsement, or contradicted claim."
  ],
  "summary": "Question B would let Howard County use its capital budget to finance affordable for-sale housing owned by the Housing Commission or an entity it controls, with bonds repaid over typically 20\u201330 years and units staying affordable for that period. The page describes this accurately and neutrally, and it says plainly that costs and who supports or opposes it were not found."
 },
 "raw_tail": "must own the project; 'only housing units for sale'.\",\"evidence_url\":\"https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/ballot_questions.html\"},\n    {\"n\":3,\"claim\":\"The County would repay the bonds over a set period, typically 20\u201330 years, and affordable units must remain affordable for that period.\",\"cited\":[1],\"verdict\":\"supported\",\"severity\":\"major\",\"note\":\"Matches the official text. 'Bonds' is glossed as borrowed money, which is accurate.\",\"evidence_url\":\"https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/ballot_questions.html\"},\n    {\"n\":4,\"claim\":\"An AGAINST vote keeps the current County-ownership requirement for this funding. Projects covered by the exception would need financing outside the capital budget, and an AGAINST vote does not prohibit those projects.\",\"cited\":[1],\"verdict\":\"supported\",\"severity\":\"major\",\"note\":\"The official text says the current Charter requires County ownership. An AGAINST vote 'would require these projects to be financed in ways other than the County's capital budget'. The 'does not prohibit' point is a fair reading.\",\"evidence_url\":\"https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/ballot_questions.html\"},\n    {\"n\":5,\"claim\":\"The 'possible argument' bullets: the amendment adds a financing route, ties public financing to affordability for the bond repayment period, and the AGAINST side keeps the ownership safeguard and avoids long-term borrowing.\",\"cited\":[1],\"verdict\":\"supported\",\"severity\":\"minor\",\"note\":\"These are labeled arguments. Their factual content (20\u201330 year repayment, Housing Commission ownership) matches the ballot text. No unsourced attribution to any person or group.\",\"evidence_url\":\"https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/ballot_questions.html\"},\n    {\"n\":6,\"claim\":\"Named supporters and opponents: not found. Costs, tax effects, number of homes, income limits and resale rules: not found in sources checked.\",\"cited\":[],\"verdict\":\"supported\",\"severity\":\"minor\",\"note\":\"The cited source gives none of these, and the page says so honestly. I did not independently search for advocacy positions, and I did not open the linked Howard charter amendment text PDF. Neither affects the verdicts.\",\"evidence_url\":\"https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/ballot_questions.html\"}\n  ],\n  \"dead_or_fake_urls\": [],\n  \"invented_attribution\": [],\n  \"endorsement\": [],\n  \"equal_treatment_issues\": [],\n  \"rubric\": {\"accuracy\":5,\"sourcing\":4,\"balance\":4,\"usefulness\":4,\"clarity\":5},\n  \"gate\": \"pass\",\n  \"gate_reasons\": [\"The sole cited URL is live and matches the page's claims. No invented attribution, endorsement, or contradicted claim.\"],\n  \"summary\": \"Question B would let Howard County use its capital budget to finance affordable for-sale housing owned by the Housing Commission or an entity it controls, with bonds repaid over typically 20\u201330 years and units staying affordable for that period. The page describes this accurately and neutrally, and it says plainly that costs and who supports or opposes it were not found.\"\n}\n```\n\n"
}