Dr. Rebecca Mercuri was Mary Ann Gould's guest on Voice of the Voters! on March 7, 2007. Podcast: 3/7/2007.

 

Dr. Rebecca Mercuri has been referred to as "one of the leading international experts on electronic voting." A technology specialist, with degrees in computer science and engineering, Rebecca defended her doctoral dissertation, "Electronic Vote Tabulation: Checks & Balances," at the Engineering School of the University of Pennsylvania, just eleven days before the 2000 U.S. presidential election. Subsequently, her testimony and opinions were sought in Bush v. Gore and referenced in briefs presented to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2002 she was contacted by Janet Reno and her legal team to help solve the mystery of the thousands of votes that vanished from the new touch-screen machines being used in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. Since then, Dr. Mercuri has provided formal testimony and comment to the House Science Committee, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the Election Assistance Commission, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the U.K. Cabinet, and numerous U.S. state legislatures. Her advocacy work has directly influenced the wording of state, federal, and international election legislation as well as standards and best practices guidelines. Many of Dr. Mercuri's views and papers on electronic voting appear on her website at http://www.notablesoftware.com/evote.html.