For Immediate Release
Media Contact: Justin Giorgio
[email protected]
WISCONSIN – The Democracy Defense Project – Wisconsin is labelling efforts by the federal government to acquire information from states including Wisconsin as federal overreach. State officials across the country are trying to understand why the federal government is looking to acquire this information, especially as individual states are responsible for conducting their election processes. In response to these requests, the Democracy Defense Project – Wisconsin board (former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, former Attorney General JB Van Hollen, former U.S. Representative Scott Klug, former Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair Mike Tate) released the following statement:
“Wisconsin is responsible for our elections and any attempts by the Department of Justice to intervene is a textbook example of a case of federal overreach. Multiple audits and internal investigations have shown that Wisconsin’s elections are secure, and these repeated attempts to insert the federal government into a state action undermine the reality that Wisconsin elections are free, fair, and secure.”
About the Democracy Defense Project – Wisconsin
The Democracy Defense Project (DDP) is a new organization led by a bipartisan group of former elected officials and leaders across Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin who will work to defend the transparency, safety, security and validity of our nation’s electoral system. We will publicly defend those who have sworn to uphold the rule of law and to be an active voice against any individual or organization that would look to undermine lawful election processes and outcomes. The Democracy Defense Project – Wisconsin board includes former Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes, former Attorney General JB Van Hollen, former U.S. Representative Scott Klug and former Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate.
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More information on the Democracy Defense Project can be found at
https://www.democracydefenseproject.org/wi.
Published: Jul 17, 2025
