The outline of Florida Governor Scott’s election reform package is here. 

What jumps out at you is the new flexibility introduced into the system and how it allows the Florida local election officials to respond to low turnout elections with a minimal days of early voting and smaller early voting sites and then similarly respond to high turnout elections with an increased number of days and larger early voting sites.  All at the discretion of local election officials.  Apparently, the old system was very regimented with a set number of hours and type of early voting sites as dictated by the state legislature.

• More Early Voting Days – Increase the number of days available for
  early voting. We should allow Supervisors of Elections the flexibility
  to offer anywhere between eight and 14 days of early voting. Hours of
  operation should range between six and 12 hours a day.  This should
  include the Sunday before Election Day, allowing Supervisors the option
  to accommodate the needs of their community as they requested in
  committee meetings this week.  This would also allow the greatest access
  to early voting ever in Florida history – at up to 168 hours.
•  More Early Voting Locations – Work with Supervisors to allow more
  and larger early voting locations to help reduce wait times, long lines,
  and to better convenience voters.
•  Shorter Ballot – Reduce the length of the ballot, including the description of proposed constitutional amendments.

This is a true reform giving the local election officials wide discretion to react
to varying levels of turnout on the ground and meet the needs of
citizens.

The nationalization of
local elections by the federal government would never allow the flexibility of election officials
to respond to local turnout situations by increasing or decreasing early voting days, hours, or building size based on the actual turnout or election.  It would simply be cookie-cutter, one size fits all.