| Request that the Board reconsider its decision to decline to waive a $240 campaign finance late fee assessed Everett Baudean, an unsuccessful candidate for Councilman, Metro District 7, East Baton Rouge Parish, in the November 3, 2020 election, whose 10-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 4 days late. |
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Original waiver request stated:
He completed the report prior to the due date however he failed to fully submit the report. He said that he hit submit but failed to enter his email address for confirmation and did not know that the report was not submitted without that step.
Reconsideration request states:
To reiterate, he believes that he made a minor, honest mistake. He filled out the report and clicked submit, but not the second submit/email confirmation button that actually sent it through. He corrected the mistake as soon as he received the notice by mail. He also did not raise or spend any money in this campaign, and this is also his first infraction of this kind. He does not have anything else to offer outside of his mea culpa and plea for mercy. Instead, he will propose this: instead of waiving, defer the
imposition of the fine. He will likely run for office again in the future, and if he makes another mistake, he will not dispute this assessment if it is tacked on to any future penalty. As a further gesture of good faith in his attempt to be as honest and forthcoming as possible with all this, he has paid the late fee.
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ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P
DAYS LATE: 4
ASSESSED FEE: $240
REPORTS DUE: October 26, 2020
REPORTS FILED: October 30, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $ -0 in Receipts; $ -0 in Expenditures and $ -0 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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Reaffirm decision to decline to waive.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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