AI answers across languages

Audit date · 26 September 2026

Do non-citizens vote in US federal elections in numbers large enough to change election outcomes?

We asked seven AI models this question in English, Spanish, Russian and Chinese, with web search off.

Research prototype. Automated tools collected and checked these answers. People did not check every fact or quote by hand. Use this as a starting point, not as final proof.

The checks confirmed no meaningful differences between languages.

7 of 7 models were compared in every language.

The checks confirmed no meaningful differences between languages. The table below shows every model.

The separate fact check

Fact used for checking

Non-citizens occasionally vote illegally in U.S. federal elections, but the documented numbers are extremely small and not large enough to change the outcome of a federal election.

Source: FactCheck.org. Source checked. The page was opened and supports the fact used in this report.

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Which model said what about the fact

Matched the fact: Claude Sonnet 5, DeepSeek V4 Flash, GPT-5.6 Sol, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Grok 4.6, Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen3.7 Plus

Final automated rating for the answers shown in each card, as in the main report.

All models

ModelAcross languagesRounds with a difference
Same substance in every language
Claude Sonnet 5No meaningful differenceNone · asked once
DeepSeek V4 FlashNo meaningful differenceNone · asked once
GPT-5.6 SolNo meaningful differenceNone · asked once
Gemini 3.8 FlashNo meaningful differenceNone · asked once
Grok 4.6No meaningful differenceNone of 2
Mistral Medium 3.5No meaningful differenceNone · asked once
Qwen3.7 PlusNo meaningful differenceNone · asked once

“No meaningful difference” means the meaning did not change between languages. It does not mean the answers were right.

How we checked

  1. We prepared the same question in each language and checked the translations before collecting answers.
  2. We asked each model directly through an API, with web search off. These were not tests of consumer chat apps.
  3. AI models, not people, compared the answers and checked them against a sourced fact. Language differences and facts were checked separately.
  4. When we saw a difference, we asked again. That is why models have different numbers of answer rounds.
What the checks can and cannot show

The evaluator got the answers shuffled and without language labels. The text itself could still show the language.

Confidence sums up the automated checks. “High” is not a measured chance that the finding is right.

These ratings have not yet been compared with human ratings. Agreement between AI models is not proof.

Missing answers

None. Every planned answer was collected and compared.

Limits

This audit covers one question and the models listed here. Answers may change when the same question is asked again. Translation and automated checks can miss details. Research prototype. Automated tools collected and checked these answers. People did not check every fact or quote by hand. Use this as a starting point, not as final proof. Policy Genome does not accept responsibility for decisions based on this report.

Full evidence

Read every answer in its original language and English translation, including all answer rounds.

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