The NJ state constitution allows for an election this November so long as he resigns 60+ days from the election. Today, it's 80+ days to the election. If his resignation was effective immediately, then the voters could have a say in who their governor will be in this year's election. Instead, in the name of political expediency, his resignation isn't effective until after the election. NJ citizens will be under an appointed governor for over a year as a result when it clearly isn't necessary.

It stinks to high heaven, just as his attempt to use the gay card to deflect attention from his corruption in office. If a straight governor appointed his mistress to an office, especially one that she wasn't qualified to hold, no one would have any trouble calling that corruption. It should be no different when the players happen to be gay.