//**PROOF OF CONCEPT — v1 WEIGHTED model (provisional).** Unlike the flat ranking, this grades residency by actual distance (a 3000 ft ban outscores 1000 ft) and weights signature burdens (residency, removal, registration length) above minor ones. Editorial weights — NOT legal advice.//

====== Registry Burden — Weighted Ranking (v1) ======

Index 0–100 = weighted burden points ÷ max possible. Residency is graded by statewide distance + local-ordinance stacking; other dimensions use 🟢0/🟠½/🔴1. ⚪ cells score 0, so a high ⚪ count means the score is provisional and can only rise as those cells verify.

^ Rank ^ State ^ Burden index ^ ⚪ unverified ^
| 1 | [[florida|Florida]] | **86.3** | 0 |
| 2 | [[alabama|Alabama]] | **79.3** | 0 |
| 3 | [[louisiana|Louisiana]] | **75.5** | 0 |
| 4 | [[illinois|Illinois]] | **74.8** | 0 |
| 5 | [[oklahoma|Oklahoma]] | **70.0** | 0 |
| 6 | [[tennessee|Tennessee]] | **69.0** | 1 |
| 7 | [[texas|Texas]] | **68.2** | 0 |
| 8 | [[iowa|Iowa]] | **66.7** | 1 |
| 9 | [[indiana|Indiana]] | **65.5** | 1 |
| 10 | [[mississippi|Mississippi]] | **65.0** | 1 |
| 11 | [[missouri|Missouri]] | **64.7** | 0 |
| 12 | [[west_virginia|West Virginia]] | **62.2** | 1 |
| 13 | [[south_carolina|South Carolina]] | **59.7** | 0 |
| 14 | [[kansas|Kansas]] | **56.7** | 1 |
| 15 | [[wisconsin|Wisconsin]] | **55.8** | 0 |
| 16 | [[idaho|Idaho]] | **55.7** | 0 |
| 17 | [[virginia|Virginia]] | **53.2** | 1 |
| 18 | [[ohio|Ohio]] | **51.3** | 1 |
| 19 | [[wyoming|Wyoming]] | **50.8** | 0 |
| 20 | [[north_carolina|North Carolina]] | **50.7** | 1 |
| 21 | [[mariana_islands|Northern Mariana Islands]] | **50.5** | 0 |
| 22 | [[kentucky|Kentucky]] | **50.5** | 1 |
| 23 | [[south_dakota|South Dakota]] | **48.3** | 0 |
| 24 | [[pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] | **47.5** | 0 |
| 25 | [[north_dakota|North Dakota]] | **47.5** | 1 |
| 26 | [[guam|Guam]] | **47.5** | 1 |
| 27 | [[new_york|New York]] | **45.7** | 1 |
| 28 | [[rhode_island|Rhode Island]] | **44.7** | 0 |
| 29 | [[montana|Montana]] | **44.2** | 1 |
| 30 | [[nebraska|Nebraska]] | **44.0** | 1 |
| 31 | [[delaware|Delaware]] | **44.0** | 1 |
| 32 | [[arizona|Arizona]] | **44.0** | 1 |
| 33 | [[new_jersey|New Jersey]] | **42.5** | 1 |
| 34 | [[utah|Utah]] | **40.8** | 0 |
| 35 | [[maryland|Maryland]] | **40.0** | 0 |
| 36 | [[maine|Maine]] | **39.8** | 0 |
| 37 | [[georgia|Georgia]] | **39.0** | 1 |
| 38 | [[nevada|Nevada]] | **36.5** | 1 |
| 39 | [[colorado|Colorado]] | **35.7** | 2 |
| 40 | [[new_hampshire|New Hampshire]] | **35.0** | 1 |
| 41 | [[washington|Washington]] | **34.8** | 1 |
| 42 | [[minnesota|Minnesota]] | **34.8** | 0 |
| 43 | [[california|California]] | **34.8** | 1 |
| 44 | [[new_mexico|New Mexico]] | **34.2** | 1 |
| 45 | [[connecticut|Connecticut]] | **34.0** | 1 |
| 46 | [[dc|District of Columbia]] | **32.3** | 0 |
| 47 | [[massachusetts|Massachusetts]] | **31.7** | 0 |
| 48 | [[puerto_rico|Puerto Rico]] | **31.5** | 0 |
| 49 | [[arkansas|Arkansas]] | **31.5** | 1 |
| 50 | [[michigan|Michigan]] | **30.8** | 0 |
| 51 | [[alaska|Alaska]] | **30.0** | 1 |
| 52 | [[oregon|Oregon]] | **29.8** | 2 |
| 53 | [[hawaii|Hawaii]] | **28.3** | 0 |
| 54 | [[vermont|Vermont]] | **25.0** | 2 |
| 55 | [[american_samoa|American Samoa]] | **21.7** | 5 |
| 56 | [[virgin_islands|Virgin Islands]] | **5.0** | 8 |

===== How it's weighted =====

^ Dimension ^ Weight ^ Statute-verified ^
| residency restriction | 3.0 | 54/56 |
| removal available | 3.0 | 55/56 |
| registration length | 3.0 | 55/56 |
| marked id | 2.5 | 54/56 |
| halloween holiday restriction | 2.5 | 26/56 |
| public website exposure | 2.5 | 55/56 |
| community notification | 2.0 | 55/56 |
| presence loitering restriction | 2.0 | 28/56 |
| employment restriction | 2.0 | 32/56 |
| civil commitment | 1.5 | 1/56 |
| individualized risk assessment | 1.5 | 3/56 |
| registration fee | 1.5 | ✓ 56/56 |
| reporting frequency | 1.5 | 6/56 |
| internet identifiers | 1.0 | ✓ 56/56 |
| visitor trigger | 0.5 | 7/56 |

===== Known limitations (v1) =====

  * **Halloween is weighted high but only 23/56 verified** (33 unknown). Most states impose it via parole/supervision conditions or local practice, NOT statute — so a statute pass structurally can't capture most of it.
  * **Marked ID** added and mostly verified (branded in AL/DE/FL/KS/OK/TN); 15 states still unknown (proving a negative needs the license-content statute). **Community notification** added and 55/56 verified — **Louisiana and Texas make the registrant pay** (severity bump applied).
  * **Removal availability, registration length, and public-website exposure** (all high-weight) are still page-derived, not statute-verified — exactly what suppresses advocacy-worst states like Mississippi/Alabama. Next verification pass uses the new effective-availability rubric (a nominal-but-unusable removal path = restrictive) and flags removal for mandatory human review.

//Weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden and are tunable in weighted_score.py. This ranking is provisional until the gaps above are closed.//