Since the attempted coup of 2020, American elections and our democracy itself have been under assault in a way we have not seen in over a century—if ever.
State Democracy Defenders Action brings together an all-star team of experts with a proven record of success against this new autocratic threat to our elections and our democracy itself. We help fill three key gaps in the pro-democracy, anti-election sabotage ecosystem.
State Democracy Defenders Action goes on offense against democracy deniers who break the law, including through our intensive support for public understanding of criminal prosecutions.
State Democracy Defenders Action works with national, state and local allies across the country to respond to the new threat of election sabotage, helping safeguard the foundation of our democracy–free and fair elections–in real-time.
State Democracy Defenders Action helps shape the long-term strategy to defeat election denial and its logical outgrowth: American autocracy, starting with preparing for a vigorous response to whatever 2025–and beyond–may bring.
State Democracy Defenders Action brings together a bipartisan all-star team of experts in safeguarding democracy. We fill three key gaps in the fight against election sabotage and autocracy:
➢ We go on offense against democracy deniers who break the law, including through our innovative program of outside public support for criminal prosecutions.
➢ We work with national, state and local allies across the country to defend the foundation of our democracy–free and fair elections.
➢ We help shape the long-term strategy to defeat autocracy in 2025–and beyond.
President-elect Donald Trump has said he will be a “dictator on day one.” Our American Autocracy Threat Tracker comprehensively catalogs all of Trump’s and his allies’ Project 2025 and other specific plans and promises. We also catalog potential bipartisan solutions to address the threat both now and should it come to pass in 2025. The full Threat Tracker is updated regularly.
We convened political and thought leaders from across the ideological spectrum and hundreds of Americans for a summit: Autocracy in America – A Warning and Response. This was a unifying call to action and a moment for hope. Watch the panel discussions.
Coming out of the conference, co-hosts, partners and others have signed on to 10 principles that guide out shared cross-partisan alternative vision of where we want to take our country in 2025 and beyond. View the Freedom 2025 – 10 Principles.
Latest News
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Pardons May Be Key to Protecting People From Political Persecution
Norm Eisen, Richard Painter, and Kim Wehle encourage President Joe Biden to grant Trump critics and whistleblowers pardons to protect against unjust political prosecutions in the next administration. More
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State Democracy Defenders Action Statement on Trump’s Motion to Dismiss in New York Election Interference Criminal Case
Norm Eisen releases a statement in response to president-elect Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss his New York election interference criminal case. More
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The True Lesson of the Matt Gaetz Nomination Crash
Norm Eisen, Diamond Brown and Gabe Lezra discuss Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal from Attorney General consideration and how this decision points to an optimistic future for our democratic pillars. More
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Trump’s Next Big Lie Has Already Begun
Norm Eisen and LULAC CEO Juan Proaño discuss the newest “Big Lie of 2024” espoused by Donald Trump and his allies about immigrants and voting. More
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New Report Exposes Effort to Undermine Confidence in Upcoming Election
With LULAC, we released a new report, providing a comprehensive analysis of Donald Trump and his allies’ efforts to push a disinformation campaign based on lies about immigrants and voting. More
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LULAC and State Democracy Defenders Action Push Back Against the “Big Lie” of Non-Citizen Voters
The League of United Latin American Citizens and State Democracy Defenders Action partner up in a new report providing a comprehensive analysis of Donald Trump and his allies’ efforts to push a disinformation campaign based on lies about immigrants and voting. More
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People
State Democracy Defenders Action’s (SDDA) unique value-add is our people and our proven strategic approach to solving the threat of election sabotage and democratic backsliding. SDDA is led by:
Ambassador Norm Eisen (ret.)
Co-founder and Board Member
Co-founder of States United and CREW, Ambassador Norman Eisen (ret.) also served as special counsel to the… More
Susan Corke
Managing Director
Susan is the Managing Director of SDDA and SDDF. For two decades she has served in senior pro-democracy leadership roles at the… More
Bill Kristol
Board Member
Bill Kristol is the founding director of Defending Democracy Together, an advocacy organization dedicated to defending America’s democratic…
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Brian Frosh
Board Member
Brian Frosh served as Maryland’s 46th Attorney General from 2015 to 2023. During his two terms as Attorney General… More
