In Harris’s home of California, voters weigh economy, reproductive rights

Voters line up at San Francisco's City Hall to cast their ballots on November 5 [Allison Griner/Al Jazeera]

San Francisco, California – Under a gold-leaf dome in downtown San Francisco, the usual procession of wedding parties tiptoed out of City Hall with freshly minted marriage licences.

But there was a rival line stretching down the steps for a different reason: Californians had arrived in droves to participate in the pivotal 2024 United States election.