| Request that the Board waive the $240 campaign finance late fee assessed against Tonya S. Lurry, a candidate for District Judge, 18th JDC, Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge Parishes, in the March 24, 2018 election, her committee's chairperson, Jamie E. Fontenot, and treasurer, Donovan Dugas, whose 2017 Annual campaign finance disclosure report was filed 4 days late. |
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Jamie E. Fontenot, campaign manager for Tonya S. Lurry, states her inexperience and the special election date requiring two reports to be filed in close proximity to one another caused her to misunderstand the reporting requirements. She states that when she returned from a skiing vacation, she decided to call the staff attorneys to make sure she had done everything correctly. She was told the report was already four days past due and filed the annual report the same night. Since that initial filing, she states all reports have been timely filed.
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ELECTION: March 24, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 2017 Annual
DAYS LATE: 4
ASSESSED FEE: $240
REPORTS DUE: February 15, 2018
REPORTS FILED: February 19, 2018
ACTIVITY REPORTED: $37,004.46 in Receipts, $33,234.91 in Disbursements and $2,844.55 in Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
OTHER LATE FILINGS: NONE
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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. 18:1484.(2)(b). Each candidate for any other public office shall file reports of contributions in excess of two hundred dollars in the aggregate during the aggregating period.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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