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Rebecca Mercuri has been in the forefront of the voting integrity movement since 1989. She provides expert witness services for elections and other forensic computing matters.
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Friday, February 26, 2016
FBI vs. Apple: Fake Fight? Aspects of the FBI vs. Apple controversy don't seem to add up.
Friday, February 26, 2016FBI vs. Apple: Fake Fight? Aspects of the FBI vs. Apple controversy don't seem to add up.
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Sunday, July 17, 2011
National Popular Vote Returns to California National Popular Vote awaits Governor Brown's signature in California. Your voice is needed to encourage his veto.
Sunday, July 17, 2011National Popular Vote Returns to California National Popular Vote awaits Governor Brown's signature in California. Your voice is needed to encourage his veto.
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
Hawai'i's Instant Runoff Legislation -- Veto Needed Hawai'i's legislators have passed a bill that would allow Instant Runoff Voting to be used in some elections in the state. This method will increase their dependence on proprietary and unexaminable computer software for generating vote tallies, and will remove the oversight needed by the county clerks. This op-ed is a call to action to encourage the Governor to veto this bill.
Saturday, April 16, 2011Hawai'i's Instant Runoff Legislation -- Veto Needed Hawai'i's legislators have passed a bill that would allow Instant Runoff Voting to be used in some elections in the state. This method will increase their dependence on proprietary and unexaminable computer software for generating vote tallies, and will remove the oversight needed by the county clerks. This op-ed is a call to action to encourage the Governor to veto this bill.
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Monday, November 8, 2010
Trust the vote? Not in DC! Despite a massive and successful hacker attack (during the pre-election trial) of the Washington DC Internet voting system, the officials decided to allow remote votes to be cast using this highly vulnerable product. This problem is as much one of election integrity advocacy as it is of election administration.
Monday, November 8, 2010Trust the vote? Not in DC! Despite a massive and successful hacker attack (during the pre-election trial) of the Washington DC Internet voting system, the officials decided to allow remote votes to be cast using this highly vulnerable product. This problem is as much one of election integrity advocacy as it is of election administration.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Homebuyer Stimulus Plan -- Won't Work -- Do the Math The latest economic stimulus plan benefits Realtors and banks but not the suffering citizen whose home has lost value.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009Homebuyer Stimulus Plan -- Won't Work -- Do the Math The latest economic stimulus plan benefits Realtors and banks but not the suffering citizen whose home has lost value.
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Panel Discussion on Voting at Columbia U. -- Monday Nov. 12 I wanted to let you know about the panel session on the Effects of Technology on Voting that is being held by the Columbia Political Union (yes, this is the same group that brought the President of Iran in to speak earlier this semester) on Monday, November 12, at 7:30PM.
Thursday, November 8, 2007Panel Discussion on Voting at Columbia U. -- Monday Nov. 12 I wanted to let you know about the panel session on the Effects of Technology on Voting that is being held by the Columbia Political Union (yes, this is the same group that brought the President of Iran in to speak earlier this semester) on Monday, November 12, at 7:30PM.
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Friday, July 27, 2007
Open Letter to CA Secretary of State Bowen California has received its voting system reports and, not to much surprise, the equipment is insecure and doesn't satisfy the needs of the disabled. Those hand cast, hand counted paper ballots are starting to look real good.
Friday, July 27, 2007Open Letter to CA Secretary of State Bowen California has received its voting system reports and, not to much surprise, the equipment is insecure and doesn't satisfy the needs of the disabled. Those hand cast, hand counted paper ballots are starting to look real good.
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
The Electric Kool-Aid Voting Test When it comes to voting systems, "you're either on the bus ... or off the bus" and if you need to have it spelled out for you, then you were off the bus in the first place.
Thursday, July 19, 2007The Electric Kool-Aid Voting Test When it comes to voting systems, "you're either on the bus ... or off the bus" and if you need to have it spelled out for you, then you were off the bus in the first place.
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Friday, July 13, 2007
Connecting the Dots? Rush Holt, HR 811, and Avante International Consider this scenario: If Avante wins its patent lawsuit against the "big three" vendors, HR 811 could bring billions of dollars to Holt's home district. Here's how it could happen.
Friday, July 13, 2007Connecting the Dots? Rush Holt, HR 811, and Avante International Consider this scenario: If Avante wins its patent lawsuit against the "big three" vendors, HR 811 could bring billions of dollars to Holt's home district. Here's how it could happen.
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Monday, April 9, 2007
COTS and Other Electronic Voting Backdoors In response to the growing concerns regarding H.R. 811, particularly with regard to the inspection of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) voting system components, I wanted to provide this previously published article. It is important to understand that COTS software products can include both open and closed source, and that neither paradigm necessarily guarantees security.
Monday, April 9, 2007COTS and Other Electronic Voting Backdoors In response to the growing concerns regarding H.R. 811, particularly with regard to the inspection of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) voting system components, I wanted to provide this previously published article. It is important to understand that COTS software products can include both open and closed source, and that neither paradigm necessarily guarantees security.
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Thursday, October 5, 2006
DRE Voting -- Designed for Failure A loophole in the Federal voting equipment "standards" can explain the high equipment failure rate being observed with some of the new DRE and VVPAT products. Other serious security risks are detailed. This comment was entered into the record in the U.S. Congressional Committee on House Administration's hearing on "Electronic Voting Machines: Verification, Security and Paper Trails."
Thursday, October 5, 2006DRE Voting -- Designed for Failure A loophole in the Federal voting equipment "standards" can explain the high equipment failure rate being observed with some of the new DRE and VVPAT products. Other serious security risks are detailed. This comment was entered into the record in the U.S. Congressional Committee on House Administration's hearing on "Electronic Voting Machines: Verification, Security and Paper Trails."
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Saturday, September 9, 2006
Urge Governor Schwarzenegger to VETO AB 2948 The National Popular Vote Proposal, now being considered for adoption in California, stands to remove the state as a decision-maker in Presidential elections. By requiring that the state's electors all be awarded to the US popular vote winner, a candidate may be supported who was not approved by the state's voters. The risk of contaminated vote totals from other states being used to determine the election outcome is dangerous.
Saturday, September 9, 2006Urge Governor Schwarzenegger to VETO AB 2948 The National Popular Vote Proposal, now being considered for adoption in California, stands to remove the state as a decision-maker in Presidential elections. By requiring that the state's electors all be awarded to the US popular vote winner, a candidate may be supported who was not approved by the state's voters. The risk of contaminated vote totals from other states being used to determine the election outcome is dangerous.
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Friday, August 25, 2006
Comment on the PA State HAVA Plan Rebecca Mercuri's submission to the PA Department of State "call for comment" on their State HAVA Plan points out that uniform standards are not being applied in the PA certification process for voting equipment and that the State has failed to be proactive in working with vendors to obtain acceptable VVPAT equipment for their "black box" DREs.
Friday, August 25, 2006Comment on the PA State HAVA Plan Rebecca Mercuri's submission to the PA Department of State "call for comment" on their State HAVA Plan points out that uniform standards are not being applied in the PA certification process for voting equipment and that the State has failed to be proactive in working with vendors to obtain acceptable VVPAT equipment for their "black box" DREs.
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Pull the Plug on Touchscreens Aviel Rubin's 9/4/6 Forbes article, titled "Pull the Plug" endorses touchscreen voting while ignoring viable methods that don't use electricity.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006Pull the Plug on Touchscreens Aviel Rubin's 9/4/6 Forbes article, titled "Pull the Plug" endorses touchscreen voting while ignoring viable methods that don't use electricity.
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Divine Justice, but not for us, if Avante wins this lawsuit I am writing to draw your attention to the Avante lawsuit that stands poised to derail much of the VVPAT legislation that many have worked so hard to put in place for the upcoming election cycles.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006Divine Justice, but not for us, if Avante wins this lawsuit I am writing to draw your attention to the Avante lawsuit that stands poised to derail much of the VVPAT legislation that many have worked so hard to put in place for the upcoming election cycles.
