| Request that the Board waive a $320 campaign finance late fee assessed against Scott Discon, a candidate for Council Member, District III, City of Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish in the July 11, 2020 election, whose 2019 Annual campaign finance disclosure report was filed 8 days late. |
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Scott Discon requests a waiver and states the following:
This is his first attempt at public office and simply misunderstood the proper date of filing. Ironically, he originally completed his Ethics Report for 2019 prior to New Years of 2019, but he read that it was not due until a much later date. He erroneously left it on his office desk and missed the filing. He had no one to blame but himself however, he ask that the fine be waived due to the exuberant costs of this campaign being extended now to July 11, 2020 because of the Covid pandemic. He will now have to restart his campaign as of May 15 2020 to the finish line of July 11, 2020. Many candidates have spent their war chest and the voters are very distracted and weary. He is going to have to raise additional campaign contributions or expend personal funds to get to hopefully win this election.
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ELECTION: July 11, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 2019 ANNUAL
DAYS LATE: 8
ASSESSED FEE: $320
REPORTS DUE: February 18, 2020
REPORTS FILED: February 26, 2020
REPORT ACTIVITY: $12,60.29 in Receipts; $13,027.15 in Expenditures; $-1,466.86 Funds 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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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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