| Request that the Board waive the $1,800 campaign finance late fees assessed against Voorhies "Jimmy" Dupuis, a candidate for City Marshal, City Court, City of Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, in the November 3, 2020 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 30 days late. |
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Pamela Cormier, the report preparer for Voorhies Dupuis, requests a waiver and states the following:
She created the 30-P report and submitted it prior to the due date. Unfortunately it had a typographical error for a date within the report. As a first time user of the program she was unaware that she was supposed to receive a confirmation number and did not realize that the report did not go through successfully. She spoke to Jennifer with the Ethics Board on November 4, 2020 and she realized that there was an error and the report was not submitted successfully. She was then assisted with correcting the error and submitting the report. She requests the late fee be suspended and she apologizes. She states that it taught her a lesson.
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ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 30
ASSESSED FEE: $1,800
REPORTS DUE: October 5, 2020
REPORTS FILED: November 4, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: 30-P: $9,250.00 in Receipt; $20,032.15 in Expenditures and $1,217.85 Funds on Hand 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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Suspend all based but $200 based on future compliance.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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