| Request that the Board waive a $660 campaign finance late fee assessed against Andrea Cosey, an unsuccessful candidate for Councilman, Metro District 10, East Baton Rouge Parish in the November 3, 2020 election, whose 2020 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 11 days late. |
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Andrea Cosey requests a waiver and states the following:
The Treasurer for the committee, Ron Smith, filed the report on behalf of the candidate on 2/22/21 following a weather event. The report was not correct and he resubmitted the report on 3/1/2021. This was her first time running for office and she was grateful that Ron Smith was thrilled to serve as campaign manager. He was overly excited about learning how to submit reports and submitted all other reports timely. The reason for the late filing is a combination of Ron Smith not understanding how to properly complete the form and weather causing closures and loss of electricity in the city.
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ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 2020 SUPPL
DAYS LATE: 11
ASSESSED FEE: $660
REPORTS DUE: February 18, 2021
REPORTS FILED: March 1,2021
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $300.00 Expenditures; $829.71 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.
Rule 1205C provides that if a report is filed more than 10 days late and the
amount of activity on the report is less than the amount of
the late fee to be assessed, the staff may reduce the late fee
to the amount of activity or 10 times the per-day penalty,
whichever is greater
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Reduce to $600 based on Rule 1205C; decline to waive.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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