| Request that the Board waive a $200.00 campaign finance late fee assessed against Brenda G. Jackson, an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor, City of Baker in the March 23, 2024 election, whose 2024 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 7 days late. |
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Ms. Jackson requests a waiver and states the following:
A BOE representative told Brenda G. Jackson that as an outgoing elected official, she only needed to complete a 2024 PFD, which she submitted on 2/14/2025. She later received the NOD for the 2024 SUPP, and a BOE representative explained the CF filing process. Ms. Jackson hand-delivered the report on 2/25/2025. She was told that candidates must file a report whether they are closing or keeping their campaign account open. Ms. Jackson explained that her packet only contained reports covering 3/4/2024 to 4/7/2024 and that the verbiage about the SUPP Report should be modified to state that all candidates must complete pages 1-3 of Form 102. Had she known, the form would have been submitted on time. This is the first time Ms. Jackson has received a late fee.
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ELECTION: March 23, 2024
TYPES OF REPORT: 2024 SUPPL
DAYS LATE: 7
ASSESSED FEE: $200.00
REPORTS DUE: February 18, 2025
REPORTS FILED: February 25, 2025
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $7,666.97 Funds on Hand at the 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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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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