It needs to be more specific about the missing 18,000 votes, but it is good to call attention to our faulty voting machines and how there must be a way to monitor them.

Dos not discuss the common theory that poor ballot design caused the undervotes. Otherwise, this article is well sourced and accurate.

This is an important topic, reflecting on the integrity, or lack thereof, of our elections. The story is, unfortunately, short on investigative journalism. Repeating the Republican claim that there is no evidence that the machines malfunctioned is a bit of "he said, she said" journalism, substituting competing spin for facts. The fact is there is indisputable evidence that votes were lost by the machines. There are statistics out there that the reporter could have cited to prove this, but instead they went for the false "balance" to which the media so often succumbs.