--- description: 11 people working to boost voter participation, reverse disenfranchisement, and combat misinformation title: Democracy Defenders image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf00217d654656968/698a5ae0929fad5f5bbfcfb9/Democracy-Defenders-Hub.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Democracy Defenders The list shines a spotlight on leaders who are working to boost voter participation, reverse disenfranchisement, and combat misinformation. [Read More](/7021330/how-we-chose-democracy-defenders/) ## Democracy Defenders *  [Steve Ballmer](/collections/democracy-defenders/7017132/steve-ballmer-democracy-defenders/) byChantelle Lee *  [Meagan Wolfe](/collections/democracy-defenders/7017472/meagan-wolfe-democracy-defenders/) byVera Bergengruen *  [Cisco Aguilar](/collections/democracy-defenders/7017482/cisco-aguilar-democracy-defenders/) byRebecca Schneid *  [Janice Winfrey](/collections/democracy-defenders/7017476/janice-winfrey-democracy-defenders/) bySanya Mansoor *  [Ben Nimmo](/collections/democracy-defenders/7017478/ben-nimmo-democracy-defenders/) byVera Bergengruen *  [Courtland Cox](/collections/democracy-defenders/7017495/courtland-cox-democracy-defenders/) byLottie Joiner *  [Lauren Kunis](/collections/democracy-defenders/7017491/lauren-kunis-democracy-defenders/) byNik Popli *  [Stephen Richer](/collections/democracy-defenders/7017480/stephen-richer-democracy-defenders/) byVera Bergengruen *  [Lucille Wenegieme](/collections/democracy-defenders/7017497/lucille-wenegieme-democracy-defenders/) bySimmone Shah *  [Chad Lorenz](/collections/democracy-defenders/7017486/chad-lorenz-democracy-defenders/) bySanya Mansoor *  [Ken Block](/collections/democracy-defenders/7017484/ken-block-democracy-defenders/) byPhilip Elliott ## THE OFFICIALS *  [THE OFFICIALS Presented by TIME Studios](/collections/democracy-defenders/7017573/the-officials/) byTIME Video Meet the Democracy Defenders ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/democracy-defenders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/democracy-defenders/"},"headline":"Democracy Defenders","description":"11 people working to boost voter participation, reverse disenfranchisement, and combat misinformation","url":"https://time.com/collections/democracy-defenders/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:09:09.507Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:09:09.217Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":12,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf00217d654656968/698a5ae0929fad5f5bbfcfb9/Democracy-Defenders-Hub.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-votes/","name":"TIME Votes"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/democracy-defenders/","name":"Democracy Defenders"}}]}] ```