Is it too little, too late in Duval County?

Supervisor of Elections John Stafford resigned abruptly Monday, citing health reasons. Stafford has reportedly been in poor health in recent months, and the office has been in reality run by his deputy, Dick Carlberg.

Duval County's elections office has come under huge criticism recently for it's decision to only allow early voting at the main SOE office in downtown Jacksonville, not making additional sites available which are more convenient to citizens --- especially in minority neighbourhoods and accessible to the elderly. The state Republican leadership has played CYA on this issue, with Secretary of State Glenda Hood making a visit to Jacksonville this week (did she possibly convince Stafford that it was in his best interest to step aside or be sacked by Jeb!?) and announcing that two to four additional early voting sites would be set up with extended hours in Duval.

The Florida Times-Union reports that Jeb! is set to appoint Jacksonville attorney William E. Scheu as SOE until an election can be held within six months. But he's a big Republican donor --- what did you expect, Jeb! to appoint a Democrat two weeks before the biggest election of the past 50 years!?!?!? --- which makes folks think of his selecting Glenda Hood as Secretary of State...

The soap opera continues...