Brenda Snipes, who was Broward County’s former supervisor of elections for about 15 years, died on Thursday. She was 80.

Both Peter Antonacci, the Broward County supervisor of elections, and Christina White, the Miami-Dade County supervisor of elections, talked to reporters during separate news conferences. Joe Scott, Broward’s newly elected supervisor of elections, said that he decided to run after what happened with Brenda Snipes, Broward’s former supervisor of elections. Dr. Brenda Snipes, Broward County Supervisor of Elections, looks on during a canvassing board meeting in Lauderhill, Florida. In Miami-Dade, White said early voting “helped tremendously” with the estimated 1,165,000 ballots from about 75% of registered voters. FILE - An election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections in Doral, Fla., on Oct, 26, 2020.

Ron DeSantis held a post-Election Day news conference Wednesday afternoon in Tallahassee at which time he praised the state’s handling of its 11 million ballots. DeSantis said it takes great effort to get the results that Florida had and that other states are now looking at Florida as an example of “the state that did it right.”“Of course we had to take action to get to this point,” the governor said. DeSantis said improving the election administration in Florida was his inaugural pledge, which led to the suspension and removal of the elections supervisor in Palm Beach County. DeSantis also accepted the resignation of former Broward County Supervisor of Elections Dr. Brenda Snipes. DeSantis also congratulated Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez and fellow Republican Maria Elvira Salazar for their congressional race victories.

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Broward County has a new Supervisor of Elections. Democrat Joe Scott defeated Republican Catherine McBreen on Election Night, AP is projecting. Scott will now be in charge of elections for the 1.2 million registered voters in Broward County. Snipes resigned from the role after she was suspended for her handling of the 2018 Midterm Elections. He graduated from West Point Academy and was awarded the Bronze Star after serving a tour of duty in Iraq.