Imagine this: you’re trying to do your civic duty, but the polling place hours are confusing and the candidate’s record is fuzzy. So you turn to an AI chatbot for help—maybe it’s embedded in your search engine, maybe it’s a standalone assistant. It sounds convenient, even responsible. But what if the answer is wrong? That’s the troubling reality as the United States heads into the November 3 midterm elections. A new study from Forum AI, a company that evaluates AI systems, found that nearly 40 percent of chatbot responses to election-related questions contained at least one factual mistake. The researchers…

Every election season, officials remind voters that the right to cast a ballot is both a cherished privilege and a serious legal responsibility. That message now has a face in Missouri: Christopher Doucet, a 68-year-old Canadian-born man who has spent most of his life in the United States as a lawful permanent resident. Federal prosecutors say Doucet crossed a line when he registered to vote and then voted in a municipal election, despite knowing that he was not a U.S. citizen. A federal grand jury has charged him with falsely claiming citizenship on a voter registration form, a crime that…