{"id":4014,"date":"2021-08-27T13:54:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T17:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/?page_id=4014"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:22:11","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Founded in 2020, Democracy Docket is the leading digital news and information platform covering voting rights, elections, and the courts \u2014 from an unapologetically pro-democracy standpoint.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Covering election and democracy litigation is central to our mission. But today\u2019s battles over democracy \u2014 access to voting, gerrymandering, executive overreach, the rule of law, and more \u2014 also play out in Congress, in the administration, and in states around the country. Through our comprehensive coverage, we\u2019re committed to the fight to protect and strengthen U.S. democracy at a time when it faces grave dangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-news\"><strong>News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our newsroom produces a mix of breaking news, in-depth reporting, analysis and daily and weekly newsletters to keep our audience informed on the most important voting and democracy issues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our founder, Democratic election and voting rights attorney Marc Elias, is not involved in our news-gathering process, and Democracy Docket is 100% independent from the Elias Law Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-opinion\"><strong>Opinion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/democracydocket\">YouTube channel<\/a> features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/defendingdemocracy\/\">long-form<\/a> conversations between Marc and leading voices in law, politics and activism. 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