| Request that the Board waive a $2,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Nicholas R. P. Wright, a candidate for Mayor, City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, in the November 4, 2014 election, whose 2018 supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 403 days late. |
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Nicholas P. Wright submitted a waiver for 2018 supplemental reports and states the following:
Looking at the "schedule of reporting & filing dates for candidates & PAC," that an annual report is due only if contributions were received or expenditures made for said year.
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ELECTION: November 4, 2014
TYPES OF REPORT: 2018 SUPPL
DAYS LATE: 403
ASSESSED FEE: $2,000
REPORTS DUE: February 15, 2018
REPORTS FILED: March 24, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: 2018 Suppl: $-0 Receipts: $-0 Expenditures; $4,319.89 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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Reduce to $600 based on Rule 1205(C) and suspend all but $200 based on future compliance.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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