| Request that the Board waive a $360 campaign finance late fee assessed against Mark Aaron Mitchell, a candidate for Sheriff, Sabine Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 10- G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 6 days late. |
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Rebecca L. Rail, report preparer for Mark Aaron Mitchell, requests a waiver and states the following:
On the evening of 11/6/2019, she was finalizing Mr. Mitchell's report when she found what appeared to be some missing expenses. She notified him and once he provided the information, she entered it. As it grew later, she began having trouble with the LEADERS system. Occasionally, it would log her out. She began getting redirects to an alternate portal when she tried to log back in. However, she got everything entered and submitted the report. When she received the late notice, she called the Board to verify that this wasn't a mistake. She was told that the submission was not processed. She immediately logged on and submitted the report.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 6
ASSESSED FEE: $360
REPORTS DUE: November 6, 2019
REPORTS FILED: November 12, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: $3,139.48 in Receipts; $4,406.93in Expenditures; $220.76 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.
18:1495.4D(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: |
Kathleen Allen |
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