3 have emerged to replace Snipes as elections chief

With Broward’s County’s elections supervisor on the way out, three people have already emerged as potential replacements to get the office in order before the 2020 presidential election season.

Democrats Lori Parrish and David Brown and Republican Richard DeNapoli all expressed interest Monday in replacing much-maligned Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes, who has resigned effective Jan. 4. All said they would consider doing the job until Snipes’ term ends in 2020 and not seek to be elected then.

Parrish, a Democratic former county commissioner, school board member and county property appraiser, officially applied Monday. “I just applied for the appointment as Supervisor of Elections for the two years left on the term,” she posted on Facebook.

“I will go in if they want me to straighten the organization out, but I would only serve the rest of her term,” Parrish told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “That’s all I’m interested in.”

Snipes’ term in office ends in 2020, a presidential election year when Broward voters will choose their elected Supervisor of Elections.

Speculation over who will get appointed supervisor of elections has the local political world buzzing.

“Broward has proven that it likes political drama,” said former Broward Democratic Party chairman Mitch Ceasar said. “This opening is like a new show premiering for the fall schedule.”

Ceasar said he’d heard from multiple Republicans with theories about Snipes’ replacement.

“People aren’t sure if they want a Republican who can fix the office or a sympathetic