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Request that the Board waive the $60 campaign finance late fee assessed against Anthony Garcia, in his capacity as a candidate for State Representative, 17th Representative District, Ouachita Parish, in the February 23, 2019 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 1 day late. |
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Anthony Garcia states that he received his username and password for the Leaders online campaign finance portal a day prior to the due date. This was his first election and he was learning step by step. This was his very first time using this system and was not totally familiar with how to log in. He tried for several hours to log into the system but was unsuccessful. The next day he contacted the Louisiana Board of Ethics and explained the difficulty he was having logging into the system. After speaking to the representative, he was informed that his username had to be entered using all caps.
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ELECTION: February 23, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 1
ASSESSED FEE: $60
REPORTS DUE: January 24, 2019
REPORTS FILED: January 25, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: $850 Receipts; $429.83 Expenditures; $420.17 Funds on Hand at the 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.
18:1495.4D(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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Suspend all based on future compliance.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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