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On 4 November 2014, Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA) alleged several voters reported voting machines changing votes cast for him to votes for his challenger, Democrat Suzanne Patrick: On the same day, the Republican Party of Virginia issued a letter addressed to Edgardo Cortes, Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections, claiming widespread voting machine problems in fifteen Virginia districts. In the letter, a Virginia GOP spokesman said voters reported difficulty selecting the candidate of their choice using the touch screen because the screen's touch sensor is not properly aligned with the text that appears on the screen. A link was provided to the video above, during which a voter's selection for Rigell appeared to repeatedly register for Patrick. The video was provided by Rigell's campaign. Rigell also posted to Facebook about voting machine irregularities: In response to the video, the Virginia Department of Elections released a statement indicating a calibration issue affected some machines in Virginia Beach and Newport News: Virginia Beach Voter Registrar Donna Patterson told the Virginian-Pilot the department was aware of the reports and measures were being undertaken to ensure an accurate vote count: The Virginia Department of Elections asserted that any machines exhibiting miscalibration were immediately taken out of service.
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