Two views of voting: "smooth as silk" or "completely unacceptable"

Associated Press reports that the Republican Party of Minnesota says people have complained about malfunctioning voting machines in Duluth, Olmsted County, Lakeville, Faribault, Mendota Heights and Eagan. The party calls the situation "completely unacceptable" and blames Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. But a spokesman for Ritchie, a DFLer, says the failure rate doesn't seem worse than in previous elections. In his view, Ritchie told AP that the election was "smooth as silk" so far.