The ride-hailing giants poured millions into a California ballot measure to keep their drivers as contractors, rather than employees with full benefits. And it paid off. Uber and Lyft saw their shares leap after Proposition 22 passed, in a defeat for labor forces. So what does this mean for drivers and riders? Reporter Carolyn Said explains. | Get full Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Photographer Scott Strazzante talks about covering a Trump youth march in Danville on election eve and a watch party in Novato on election night. He was one of very few wearing a mask at the march, the only one at the party. He says covering Trump rallies reminds him of covering sporting events, with a similar atmosphere of team fervor. | Latest election news: sfchronicle.com/politics

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Washington correspondent Tal Kopan talks about why Democratic voters who went to bed Tuesday night feeling pessimistic had more reasons for optimism when they woke up Wednesday morning — though nothing’s decided yet. | Latest election news: sfchronicle.com/politics

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In a combined episode of the Fifth & Mission and It’s All Political podcasts, Joe Garofoli, Heather Knight, Alexei Koseff and Demian Bulwa sum up a tense, inconclusive presidential election day, plus state and local races. | Latest election news: sfchronicle.com/politics

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The city operated 588 polling places on Election Day — and some were very unusual. Hear from poll workers at the gay leather bar the SF-Eagle, the Museum of Ice Cream, the Geneva Car Barn and the Balboa Theater — one of San Francisco's last independent movie houses. | Latest election news: sfchronicle.com/politics

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Reporter Nora Mishanec visits the Eritrean Community Center in San Francisco, where poll inspector Jessica Kuo says many of the in-person voters are casting ballots for the first time. She says they're excited to hear the ballot scanner go "ping." | Latest election news: sfchronicle.com/politics

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San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf are among the political luminaries phone banking from "victory booths" at Manny's in San Francisco on Election Day. Heather Knight also talks to Rep. Barbara Lee about what a Biden-Harris victory would mean to her. | Latest election news: sfchronicle.com/politics

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Heather Knight spent the morning at Manny's in San Francisco, which hosted a phone-banking event that many of top local and state elected officials attended. In this update, Gov. Gavin Newsom talks about his concerns on Election Day, as well as his thoughts about replacing Sen. Kamala Harris if she's elected vice president. | Latest election news: sfchronicle.com/politics

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More San Franciscans will vote in this election cycle than ever before, and we could beat the all-time record for turnout percentage of 86.82% set in 1944. John Arntz, director of the San Francisco Department of Elections, explains how the counting will work and when we should expect results. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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The police killing of George Floyd launched a nationwide rallying cry: “Defund the Police.” But as staff writer Rachel Swan reports, the organized effort to slash the police budget in Oakland has collided with a homicide spike. At the center of the tension are Black and Latino residents who want to be safe from both police brutality and crime in their neighborhoods. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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