| Request that the Board waive a $480 campaign finance late fee assessed against Ree J. Casey-Jones, a candidate for Judge, Juvenile Court, Sect. 1C, Caddo Parish, in the November 3, 2020 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 8 days late. |
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Ree J. Casey-Jones requests a waiver and states the following:
Due to the pandemic the candidate and her treasurer suffered the loss of close family members and friends. Several members of her staff have been ill. Just recently they have had to shut the courthouse for the third time this year due to COVID. It has been very stressful resetting court dates and having to figure out how to conduct hearings from home as well as assisting her young child with virtual learning while at home. They closed the election and set reminders in an electronic calendar for future filings for the next election in 2026.
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ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 8
ASSESSED FEE: $480
REPORTS DUE: October 5, 2020
REPORTS FILED: October 13, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $493.45 in Receipt; $550.00 in Expenditures and $-0 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
OTHER LATE FILINGS: TWO
11/8/2016 Election: 40-G (5 days late)-$300
2017 SUPP (95 days late)- $2,000 Suspended $1,800- Paid $200
Reassessed - $1,8000
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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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