| Request that the Board waive a $2,500 campaign finance late fee assessed against Robbins Graham, a candidate for Judge, 1st City Court, Section B, Orleans Parish, his committee's chairperson, Brenda Harris, co-chairperson, Claudette Madere, and treasurer, Kim Madere Graham, in the July 11, 2020 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 214 days late. |
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Krystal Ancar, on behalf of Robbins Graham, requests a waiver and states the following: As a first time candidate, with little fundraising activities and actually no contributions except his own personal contributions he was unaware that he was required to do any reporting of his own personal funds being spent on the campaign expenses. Due to COVID-19 occurring shortly after the report due date and Mayor Cantrell closing the city except for essential workers, he was unable to make contact with me in regards to joining his team so that his report could be completed.
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ELECTION: July 11, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 214
ASSESSED FEE: $2,500
REPORTS DUE: March 5, 2020
REPORTS FILED: July 5, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: 30-P: $39,500.00 Receipts; $37,967.10 Expenditures; $1,532.90 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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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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