| Request that the Board waive the $1,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Melinda Ward Crawford, a candidate for Council Member II, City of Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish, in the March 5, 2016 election, whose 2016 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 63 days late. |
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Melinda Ward Crawford states the report was delayed because of a miscommunication between her campaign treasurer and manager regarding certain expenses. This problem has been resolved and the report has been filed.
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ELECTION: March 5, 2016
TYPES OF REPORT: 2016 Supplemental
DAYS LATE: 63
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000
REPORTS DUE: February 15, 2017
REPORTS FILED: April 19, 2017
ACTIVITY REPORTED: $9,596.79 in Receipts, $7,085.25 in Disbursements, and $0 in Funds on Hand at Close
OTHER LATE FILINGS: 1
10-P - 1 day late; $40 - Not paid
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18:1505.4.A(1) Any candidate, the treasurer or chairman of a political committee, or any other person required to file any reports under this Chapter, who knowingly fails to file or who knowingly fails to timely file any such reports as are required by this Chapter may be assessed a civil penalty for each day until such report is filed.
18:1495.4D(1) If the final report of a candidate for an election, as required by Paragraph (5), (6), or (7)of Subsection B of this Section, shows a deficit or a surplus, the candidate and his treasurer, if any, shall file supplemental reports with the supervisory committee of all information required in R.S. 18:1495.5. Such reports shall be filed annually no later than February fifteenth and shall be complete through the preceding December thirty-first. Such a supplemental report shall be filed each year until a report has been filed which shows no deficit and until any surplus campaign funds have been disposed of in accordance with R.S. 18:1505.2(I). The report on surplus funds shall disclose the disbursement of such funds in the same manner as expenditures are reported.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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