| Request that the Board waive a $1,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against J. Andrew Murrell, an unsuccessful candidate for Justice of the Peace, Ward 3, District 2, East Baton Rouge Parish, in the November 3, 2020 election, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 90 days late. |
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J. Andrew Murrell requests a waiver and states the following:
In November 2020, he was diagnosed with COVID and quarantined. After his diagnosis, his wife also contracted COVID resultig in their family quarantining at home for a month from the end of November until mid-December. His campaign struggled with completing the campaign finance disclosures and submitted the disclosures several times. During this time, he was in communication with a Board of Ethics representative, and he amended the financial disclosures as requested by the representative. It was during this time he was informed of the missing 10-G Campaign Finance Disclosure Report. As soon as he was notified, he immediately completed and uploaded the missing finance disclosure report. He had not received any notifications or correspondence since February 2021 until this letter, so he assumed the reports complied and the matter was closed.
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ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 90
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000
REPORTS DUE: November 25, 2020
REPORTS FILED: February 23, 2021
ACTIVITY REPORT: $5775.00 in Receipts; $7,489.74 in Expenditures; $-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.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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