Re: Sidelined by discussions -- stop and do the real work
Rebecca,
I think you read more into my emails than was intended. I got into this
thread because of several unsupported statements that contradicted the
facts that I believed to be true. There is no conspiracy on my part to
distract people who want to contribute to the standard development
process. I think we need to address some of these issues, like printer
reliability and would like to see the results from an actual election
using the VVPB systems. That may shed light on whether the systems are
usable in a real, large scale election or not. I have not seen that data
to date.
Additionally, all of the comments on the last round were addressed and
the resolution is on the document site. I do agree that we need to
continue to be involved in reviewing the document and working the
improve the content of the standard. I have not been involved for 3
years in this effort because I have any connection, financial or
otherwise with any vendor. I am invested in the democratic process and
want to see the voters have an opportunity to cast their ballots and
have them correctly counted. I am not convinced that there is some great
conspiracy by Microsoft or other operating system vendors and especially
not voting systems vendors who have the most to lose if there is a
problem with their equipment. If we unnecessarily jack up the cost of
voting systems either by adding printers to each system or through
testing that is beyond that necessary to assure we have valid results
reported, then we are part of the problem of jurisdictions not being
able to buy enough systems to keep the lines short and of those without
sight not being able to vote privately.
I hope you will not hold my service to our country against me.
R/ Vern
R. Mercuri wrote:
> Cem --
>
> If you think that you are going to convince Vern and
> some of the other committee members to change their
> positions on VV via an email exchange, you are sadly
> mistaken. Vern is very happy to waste our time so
> that we will not have time to read and thoroughly comment
> on the 250 page heavily flawed P1583 document. The emails
> are not going to be read by the EAC or the TGDC. It is
> a lot harder to do the real work on the standard than it
> is to grab at Vern's flame war bait. He spent 20 years
> in the military. He knows how to fight battles and
> distract the enemy from their course of action.
>
> This is the last email comment from me on this, because
> I do not want to contribute to the waste of time, but
> I hope that people will take this seriously, drop the
> email threads, and work on the draft comments. There
> are only 7 days left.
>
> Rebecca M.
>
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