| Request that the Board waive a $840 campaign finance late fee assessed against Suzanne deMahy, a candidate for District Judge, 16th Judicial District Court, ES 2, Div. B, Iberia, St. Martin and St. Mary Parishes, in the November 3, 2020 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 14 days late. |
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Suzanne deMahy requests a waiver and states the following:
That her first time as a candidate was for the November 2017 election and she filed all reports timely in connection with that election. She was unopposed for the November 3, 2020 election and received no contributions and used funds from her 2017 campaign to cover the qualifying fees. She said as soon as she received the notice of delinquency she immediately filed the report. She said that after filing her campaign finance reports there are zero funds left in her campaign accounts and no funds to pay any late fees. She requests the board to consider her circumstances that she has never had any other issues before the board prior to the delinquency.
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ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 14
ASSESSED FEE: $840
REPORTS DUE: October 5, 2020
REPORTS FILED: October 19, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT:$280.00 Receipts; $4,041.21 Expenditures; $33.00 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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