Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
Almost
every
year,
there’s
an
issue
about
a
poll
worker
not
showing
up
or
delay
in
a
polling
station
to
be
open…
You
have
complaints
about
long
lines
of
polling
stations.
I
hope
that
what
we
are
doing
is
providing
a
service
to
voters
to
ensure
that
they
can
go
out
and
vote
and
understand
that
their
votes
will
be
counted.
—
Jeff
Wilhelm,
counsel
at
Reed
Smith,
in
comments
given
to
the
American
Lawyer,
on
how
he’s
trying
to
coordinate
logistics
of
the
in-person
command
center
for
the
national
nonpartisan
Election
Protection
voter
hotline
(866-OUR-VOTE)
at
the
firm’s
Pittsburgh
office.
The
command
center
is
charged
with
monitoring
issues
reported
to
the
hotline
and
coordinating
responses
for
escalated
issues.
Hundreds
of
lawyers
hailing
from
Baker
McKenzie;
Cooley;
Davis
Polk;
Dechert;
Gibson
Dunn;
Lowenstein
Sandler;
Manatt
Phelps
&
Phillips;
Morgan
Lewis;
Mayer
Brown;
Proskauer
Rose;
Reed
Smith;
Stinson;
and
Wilmer
Hale
are
staffing
the
Election
Protection
voter
hotlines
this
Election
Day.
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Zaretsky is
a
senior
editor
at
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
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hear
from
you,
so
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