California US House Race on Hold as Election Office Closes Due to COVID-19 Exposure

A voter receives assistance from an election worker at a voting center in Grand Central Market in Los Angeles, California, on November 3, 2020. Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Vote counting in a congressional race in a California county has been put on hold as officials said the Kings County Elections Department will be temporarily closed because of a COVID-19 exposure.

Elections officials said that, effective immediately, all canvass operations would cease until Nov. 21.