“I don’t feel like democracy is threatened. I feel like it’s being challenged. And people just have to be willing to step up to the challenge.” That’s the view of election judge André Calloway, who woke up at 4 a.m. to work a long day at the polls at Washington School. The RoundTable traveled to five polling places across the city to talk to the unheralded heroes of the day – election judges. (Photo by Richard Cahan)

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