Apple’s “Siri” is telling voters that Wisconsin’s Republican presidential primary takes place on April 3 — one day after the actual primary will occur.
When users (myself included) ask Siri when the Wisconsin Republican primary is, Siri incorrectly says April 3. Users are correctly told that the Democrat presidential primary is on April 2.
Jesse Garza, former district director for former Rep. Sean Duffy, first highlighted the issue in a post on X.
Wisconsin has an open primary, meaning voters can just choose one party and a preferred candidate on April 2 — not April 3.
Garza said the incident is concerning, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“We rely more and more on technology to give us information,” Garza reportedly said. “The average person is not going to question it, especially if your brain is not focused on an election on this day.”
The Federalist reached out to Apple for more information but did not receive a response by press time.
This isn’t the first time Siri has given false information to voters about election dates, having told users in 2020 that the presidential election was going to be held on Nov. 8.
The 2020 election was held on Nov. 3.
Apple “fixed the issue,” according to TechCrunch.
But the “glitch” is dangerous: voters who rely on Siri to keep them informed about upcoming events would have perhaps shown up to the polls days after the election was conducted,
