| Request that the Board waive a $1,400 campaign finance late fee assessed against Patricia Boyd Robertson, an unsuccessful candidate for Clerk, Criminal District Court, Orleans Parish, in the November 13, 2021 election, whose 90-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 14 days late. |
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Patricia Boyd Robertson requests a waiver and states the following:
When she went to open a campaign account on June 1, 2021 and was told they could not open her account until after she qualified for the election, which was not until July 14-16, 2021. She needed to pay for signs and other expenses so she paid those herself and did not realize that it would be considered as a loan to her campaign. She planned to pay the expenses from the campaign when the account was opened. She did not learn that a campaign finance report was due until July 26, 2021 and filed the 90th day to Primary Report on the following business day, July 29, 2021. She has hired an experienced report preparer for future reporting.
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ELECTION: November 13, 2021
TYPES OF REPORT: 90-P
DAYS LATE: 18
ASSESSED FEE: $1,400
REPORTS DUE: July 12, 2021
REPORTS FILED: July 26, 2021
ACTIVITY REPORT: $8,372.59 in Receipt; $-0 in Expenditures and $8,372.59 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
OTHER LATE FILINGS: THREE (3)
4/22/2006 Election: 10-P (30 days late) - $500 - PAID
EDE-P (11 days late)- $1,000 - Suspend All
10-G (3 days late) - $300 - Suspend All
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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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