--- title: THE OFFICIALS Presented by TIME Studios: Meet the Democracy Defenders description: See why THE OFFICIALS Presented by TIME Studios is one of TIME's 11 people working to boost voter participation and combat misinformation. canonical: https://time.com/collections/democracy-defenders/7017573/the-officials/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-09-19T11:04:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T00:36:17.449Z article:section: Ideas og:title: THE OFFICIALS Presented by TIME Studios: Democracy Defenders og:description: See why THE OFFICIALS Presented by TIME Studios is on the list og:url: https://time.com/collections/democracy-defenders/7017573/the-officials/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7841ffcd7371a1e6/698a5ae0929fad11a9bfcfbd/TheOfficials_FBpost.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: THE OFFICIALS Presented by TIME Studios: Democracy Defenders og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: THE OFFICIALS Presented by TIME Studios: Democracy Defenders twitter:description: See why THE OFFICIALS Presented by TIME Studios is on the list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7841ffcd7371a1e6/698a5ae0929fad11a9bfcfbd/TheOfficials_FBpost.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 19, 2024 # THE OFFICIALS Presented by TIME Studios by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video  _Watch time: 26:59_ US election officials in rural and urban jurisdictions of four battleground states hold the line against organized efforts to undermine their work as they prepare for the contentious 2024 contest. Directors/Producers Sara Archambault and Margo Guernsey, Executive Producers Maida Lynn and Sarah Longwell. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/democracy-defenders/7017573/the-officials/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/democracy-defenders/7017573/the-officials/"},"headline":"THE OFFICIALS Presented by TIME Studios","datePublished":"2024-09-19T11:04:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:36:17.449Z","description":"US election officials of four battleground states hold the line against organized efforts to undermine their work ahead of the 2024 elections","url":"https://time.com/collections/democracy-defenders/7017573/the-officials/","keywords":["Democracy Defenders","TIME Votes"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7841ffcd7371a1e6/698a5ae0929fad11a9bfcfbd/TheOfficials_FBpost.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"creator":"TIME Video","articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7841ffcd7371a1e6/698a5ae0929fad11a9bfcfbd/TheOfficials_FBpost.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/democracy-defenders/","name":"Democracy Defenders"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/democracy-defenders/7017573/the-officials/","name":"THE OFFICIALS Presented by TIME Studios"}}]}] ```