| Request that the Board waive the $1,500 campaign finance late fee assessed against Jay B. McCallum, a candidate for Judge, Court of Appeal, 2nd Circuit, 2nd District, Division A in the March 24, 2018 election, his committee's chairperson and treasurer, Betty Wilkes, whose 90-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 15 days late. |
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Deanna McCallum, on behalf of Jay B. McCallum, states that the 90-P report was filed 15 days late due to her mistakenly thinking that all activity through December 31, 2017 would be reported on the annual report due by the February 15, 2018 deadline. She states she realized the error and immediately took steps to rectify the mistake. She states that Judge McCallum has filed numerous campaign disclosure reports since 1991 and has always been conscientious in filing timely. If the 90 day report due date had fallen at any other time of the year, and not at the fiscal year end, she states she would not have gotten confused.
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ELECTION: March 24, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 90-P
DAYS LATE: 15
ASSESSED FEE: $1,500
REPORTS DUE: December 27, 2017
REPORTS FILED: January 11, 2018
ACTIVITY REPORT: $76,247.85 Receipts; $10,956.24 Expenditures; $61,468.76 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: 2 - PAID
10-P (1 days late) - $100
Election 10/5/2002: 10-G (10 days late)- $600
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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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