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title: "Tests: chatbots rely on three obscure AI-built voter sites for US midterm answers; Copilot cited the error-prone Ballot Brief in 75% of tests and ChatGPT in 22% (Washington Post)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/tests-chatbots-rely-on-three-obscure-ai-built-voter-sites-for-us-b1ad2ddf
published: 2026-11-01T00:00:14.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Tests: chatbots rely on three obscure AI-built voter sites for US midterm answers; Copilot cited the error-prone Ballot Brief in 75% of tests and ChatGPT in 22% (Washington Post)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-01 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/tests-chatbots-rely-on-three-obscure-ai-built-voter-sites-for-us-b1ad2ddf

Washington Post : Tests: chatbots rely on three obscure AI-built voter sites for US midterm answers; Copilot cited the error-prone Ballot Brief in 75% of tests and ChatGPT in 22% — Frustrated with hunting for information on political candidates, Ben Torres Ezrick set out to build a one-stop shop for voters.

In this story: [ChatGPT](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/chatgpt), [Copilot](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/copilot)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261031/p12#a261031p12)

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