| Request that the Board waive $540 and $420 campaign finance late fees assessed against Derrick Earles, a successful candidate for City Judge, City Court, City of Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, in the November 3, 2020 election, whose 10-P and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 9 and 7 days late, respectively. |
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Shannon Horton, report preparer for Derrick Earles requests a waiver and states the following:
This is her first year helping Judge Earles prepare his campaign finance reports. Because there was only one election date, she assumed the campaign only needed to file one of the reports. She initially did not file the 10-P because she understood the 11/3/20 election to be the general election and not the primary. She filed the report after receiving the delinquency notice. She was still under the impression that only one report needed to be filed since there was only one election date. It wasn't until she received the second notification that the 10-G report was late that she realized that both reports needed to be filed.
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ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 9 & 7
ASSESSED FEE: $540 & $420
REPORTS DUE: October 26, 2020 and November 25, 2020
REPORTS FILED: November 14, 2020 and December 2, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: 10-P $-0 in Receipt; $-0 in Expenditures and $$3,426.00 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
10-G $$1,500.00 in Receipts; $2,00.00 in Expenditures and $2,926.00 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
OTHER LATE FILINGS: THREE - PAID
10/20/2007 Election: 10-G (20 days late)- $200
11/4/2014 Election: 30-P (39 days late)- $2,000
10-P (120 days late)- $2,000
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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.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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