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None of the resources detailed in this post provide any form of immediate assistance to resolve an ongoing threat to your ability to cast your vote.
They will not help you find a lawyer. They will not help pay for that lawyer. They will not contact law enforcement and apply pressure to have them respond in a timely manner.
These should NOT be your first call. They should be who you report to after the fact to pursue long term remediation.
If you are a Democrat, call a left-leaning political org with sufficient funding and an army of lawyers.
If you are a Republican, call a right-leaning political org with sufficient funding and an army of lawyers.
THEN call the folks in the OP
If your ballot is never cast, it can't be fixed later. The best the folks in the OP can do is punish the people who committed the crime. They can't get your vote counted. The political orgs are specifically set up to help in real-time to make sure you and everyone else at your polling place gets to vote NOW!
Of course, if there is immediate danger, calling someone who can show up and help right away is always a good idea. (I wouldn't think this needs stating, but yes, I agree on this point.)
The local election offices are not substitutes for police departments, but I think they are likely to respond quickly. They have phone numbers.
This is untrue. It is better to get your vote recorded the first time, of course, but fixing things later is also possible. If regional authorities are made aware of election interference, they can initiate a re-count, refuse to certify the results until a new vote is taken, etc. That's part of their job.
Recounts do not include submitting new votes.
And either way, good luck getting a partisan controlled office to institute a recount or re-vote in the current political climate.
You are gambling on the hope that the problem gets fixed later. This is a terrible idea.
And local election offices - often under partisan control - have no obligation to assist individuals in getting their ballot cast.
You are either being extremely naive to the realities on the ground, or intentionally disingenuous.