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Dutch Municipalities Warn Over AI Voting Tool’s Errors, Promote Official Guides

Concerns focus on unverifiable sourcing and mislisted parties in local races during the run-up to the 18 March elections.

Overview

  • AI-driven keus.nl has logged more than 47,000 completions but shows local inaccuracies, including a false ‘D66/GroenLinks’ pairing in Heerde.
  • Arnhem-specific errors include listing GroenLinks and PvdA separately despite their joint run, showing the old AOP name for BurgerBelang Arnhem, and displaying PVV where it is not participating.
  • Creator Mark Keus acknowledges mistakes and says the Claude-based system sometimes makes autonomous choices; he disabled on-page sourcing notes because they were often incorrect.
  • Municipalities such as Heerde and Buren are discouraging use of the AI tool and directing residents to party-validated options like StemWijzer, citing cases like a non-running party shown and BBB missing.
  • s‑Hertogenbosch announced its local StemWijzer is now live, while experts warn generative AI can introduce bias, overconfident outputs, and limited transparency for election guidance.