EMS Compiler Installed – Capable of Generating New Executables During Live Election (AZ)

Cotton’s forensic presentation to the Arizona Senate documented that a compiler was installed on the Maricopa EMS – a tool providing the ability to modify and create executable files and drivers on the fly that could alter election results without detection. Evidence showed that new executable files were created at least three times during the active voting period in the 2020 election, a finding with no benign operational explanation. The presence of a compiler on a production election system fundamentally contradicts the static, locked-configuration requirement of the VVSG 1.0 certification paradigm.