For thousands of lawyers across the United States, Election Day isn’t just about casting ballots for their preferred candidates. It’s also about making sure that the system under which Americans vote works as it’s supposed to.
Take Reed Smith Century City, Calif., litigation partner Miles Cooley, who is coordinating his firm’s efforts in connection with Election Protection — a nonpartisan initiative backed by a coalition of legal and civil rights groups that has enlisted thousands of volunteers to field voters’ questions about election laws and to help sort out legal challenges that may arise at the polls through the group’s toll-free hotline at (866) OUR-VOTE. Election Protection will also have lawyers on the ground at a number of polling sites.
