| Request that the Board waive a $180 campaign finance late fee assessed against Lorenzo Davis, Sr., an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor, City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish in the November 8, 2022 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 3 days late. |
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Lorenzo Davis, Sr. requests a waiver and states the following:
When qualifying with the Clerk of Court, in conversation he understood using his resources, the reporting process would be different. This motivated him to run a non-donor campaign. He contacted the BOE to receive guidance on filing. He was informed that the process of reporting campaign expenditures was the same as receiving donor funding. Mr. Davis didn't open a separate campaign account, which complicated the filing process. Due to this being his first time running for office, the research, organization, and gathering of his expenditures prolonged the filing process.
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ELECTION: November 8, 2022
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 3
ASSESSED FEE: $180
REPORTS DUE: October 11, 2022
REPORTS FILED: October 14, 2022
ACTIVITY REPORT: $40,000.00 in Receipt; $33,107.00 in Expenditures and $6,893.00 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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