Hi! I'm Alexia Partouche.


I'm a senior in the honors program at American University studying journalism with minors in literature and gender studies. I'm currently a fact-checking intern for AFP and the co-editor-in-chief of AWOL, American University's investigative magazine. In the past, I've interned at the Missoulian, the Ravalli Republic, Current: News for People in Public Media, Street Sense Media and Houstonia Magazine. When I'm not reporting, you can find me watching shark documentaries and pampering my (very) spoiled cat.

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Folds will not cause tabulation machines to reject Wisconsin votes

"Wisconsin people check your ballots," warns a Facebook user describing concerns about the ballot he received in an October 22, 2024 post. "If you have an absentee check it! If you vote in person on paper ensure there are no candidates where the ballot would be folded in thirds or half," it says while sharing a photo of a Wisconsin ballot with a fold running through the section listing candidates for the US Senate. "The machines cannot count it and this has been verified to me by the county cler...