Scott Rigell Fans Rage Against Sketchy Voting Machines

By Warren Rojas

Posted November 4, 2014 at 4:35pm

Voters in Virginia’s 2nd District attempting to return Republican Scott Rigell to Congress next year were met Tuesday with temperamental touchscreens that seemed to have completely different plans.

As shown in an anonymous video recorded on Election Day at Tallwood Elementary School in Virginia Beach, one voter’s repeated attempts to endorse Rigell results is logged each time as a nod to his Democrat challenger, Suzanne Patrick.

According to a Rigell aide, the two-term congressman began receiving concerned calls and texts around 7:45 a.m. from friends who’d had difficulty voting at various polling stations.   An earlier report <a href="https://www.13newsnow.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/04/state-confirms-voting-machine-glitch/18468557/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said</a> election officials were aware of irregularities, presumably caused by poorly handled electronics, at perhaps a dozen locations.  <script id="5e2bd50d2be64735bd9c6970a280aeab">(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9484058d-cb86-4c6b-b476-f5e62bd11798&cid=69ef7590-f88b-4a7b-b1ad-bbee64894f4f'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "9484058d-cb86-4c6b-b476-f5e62bd11798" }).render("5e2bd50d2be64735bd9c6970a280aeab"); });</script> Team Rigell told HOH it’s currently tracking issues at some 40 precincts.   <iframe scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://up.anv.bz/latest/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiTElOIiwicCI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJ2IjoiMzczOTc1IiwicGx1Z2lucyI6eyJkZnAiOnsiYWRUYWdVcmwiOiJodHRwOi8vcHViYWRzLmcuZG91YmxlY2xpY2submV0L2dhbXBhZC9hZHM%2Fc3o9MXgxMDAwJml1PS81Njc4L2xpbi5XQVZZL25ld3MvcG9saXRpY3MvZWxlY3Rpb25zL3ZpZGVvLXJlcC1zY290dC1yaWdlbGwtYWRkcmVzc2VzLXZvdGluZy1tYWNoaW5lLWlzc3Vlcy1hdC0ybmQtcHJlY2luY3QvZGV0YWlsJmNpdV9zenM9MzAweDI1MCZnZGZwX3JlcT0xJmVudj12cCZvdXRwdXQ9eG1sX3Zhc3QyJmFkX3J1bGU9MSJ9LCJhbmFseXRpY3MiOnsicGRiIjoiMzY3NjA5MjAifSwib21uaXR1cmUiOnsicHJvZmlsZSI6IkxJTiIsImFjY291bnQiOiJkcHNkcHN3YXZ5LGRwc2dsb2JhbCIsInRyYWNraW5nU2VydmVyIjoibGludHYuMTIyLjJvNy5uZXQifX19" width="445" height="250"/> “This is not a partisan matter. This is about our vote,” Rigell told WAVY-TV about the troubling developments. “The stability of that, the integrity of the electoral process is at the very heart of our republic.”   Rigell has been in contact with the Virginia Department of Elections about the mushrooming problem.   <a href="https://media.cq.com/pub/2013/race-ratings-rc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Roll Call Election Map: Race Ratings for Every Seat </a> Get breaking news alerts and more from Roll Call <a href="https://www.rollcall.com/register/main.html?pos=rr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">in your inbox</a> or <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/roll-call-news/id433753469?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">on your iPhone</a>. </body>

Scott Rigell Fans Rage Against Sketchy Voting Machines

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