| Request that the Board waive a $600 campaign finance late fee assessed against Vincent Jemison, an unsuccessful candidate for Councilman, Metro District 2, East Baton Rouge Parish, in the November 3, 2020 election, whose 10-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 10 days late. |
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Vincent Jemison requests a waiver and states the following:
He admits that he did not know everything he needed to know about running an election. All he believed was that he wanted to make a difference in his community. He did not have a team to assist him at all and especially in one of the most essential areas of this venture and that was fundraising and maintaining the reporting of his campaign finances. As a result, he did not raise very much money during his race and even though the experience was great, he will not venture into politics again. When he was running for election, he was living on a fixed income and relied on most of that income to fund his campaign and to survive, even to this day. It is here that he sincerely ask for full consideration that the late fee assessment be waived; to pay the late fee will be a tremendous financial hardship.
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ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P
DAYS LATE: 10
ASSESSED FEE: $600
REPORTS DUE: October 26, 2020
REPORTS FILED: November 5, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $150.00 in Receipts; $149.00 in Expenditures; $147.08 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.
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Suspend all but $200 based on future compliance.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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