Dr. Mercuri expelled from e-voting trade show.

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 13:53:52 -0400
> From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei () rsasecurity com>
> Subject: Dr. Mercuri expelled from e-voting trade show.
> To: "'dave () farber net'" <dave () farber net>
>
> Dave:
> For IP, if you wish:
>
> Dr Rebecca Mercuri, a leading expert on and critic of
> electronic voting systems, has been expelled from the IACREOT
> trade conference, where poll-workers learn about new
> evoting systems from vendors. David Chaum was also expelled.
>
> Mercuri's page on e-voting problems:
> http://www.notablesoftware.com/evote.html
>
> Peter Trei
>
> -------------------
> http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0308/S00014.htm
> Computer Voting Expert Ousted From Elections Conference
>
> Lynn Landes
> freelance journalist
> www.EcoTalk.org
>
> Denver CO Aug 1 - Dr. Rebecca Mercuri, a leading expert in voting machine
> security, had her conference credentials revoked by the president of the
> International Association of Clerks, Records, Election Officials, and
> Treasurers (IACREOT), Marianne Rickenbach. The annual IACREOT Conference and
> Trade Show, which showcases election systems to elections officials, is
> being held at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Denver all this week.
>
> Mercuri believes that her credentials were revoked because of her position
> in favor of voter-verified paper ballots for computerized election systems.
> "I guess in a very troubling way it makes sense that an organization like
> IACREOT, that supports paperless computerized voting systems, which are
> secret by their very design, would not want computer experts who disagree
> with that position at their meetings."
>
> Dr. Mercuri said that her credentials were approved for the first three days
> of the conference. She attended meetings of other groups and visited the
> exhibitors hall. But it was only on Thursday as she sat down to attend her
> first meeting at the IACREOT that President Marianne Rickenbach took Mercuri
> out of the room and told her that her credentials were being revoked.
> Rickenbach said that Mercuri had not filled out the forms correctly. Mercuri
> protested, but was refused reinstatement.
>
> David Chaum, the inventor of eCash and a member of Mercuri's 'voter-verified
> paper ballot' group, had his credentials revoked on the first day of the
> conference. On the second day his credentials were partially restored. Chaum
> was allowed to visit the exhibitors hall, but not attend the IACREOT
> meetings.
>
> Rickenbach was unavailable for comment as of this report. Mercuri can be
> reached at the Adam's Mark Hotel through Saturday.
>
> ENDS

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