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Agenda Item
Docket No. 25-251
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive the $360 and $200 ($560 total) campaign finance late fees assessed against Maggie "May" Campbell, an unsuccessful candidate for Council Member, District 1, City of Westwego, Jefferson Parish, in the March 29, 2025 election, whose 2024 Annual and 30-P campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 13 and 10 days late, respectively.
Facts:
Maggie Campbell requests a waiver and states the following:


2024 Annual: On 2/17/2025, Maggie Campbell dropped off the report at the main post office in New Orleans. To her knowledge, the report was filed on 3/3/2025, but the envelope had multiple markings that were not legible. Ms. Campbell feels strongly about filing her reports on time and believes she complied before the 2/18/2025 deadline. The LFO was left in her mailbox with the green card attached. Ms. Campbell assumes the postal service is experiencing significant issues with processing mail in a timely and efficient manner. In the future, she will submit her reports via certified mail, fax, or upload.


30-P: On 2/24/2025, Maggie Campbell dropped off the report at the main post office in New Orleans. To her knowledge, the report was filed on 3/9/2025, but the envelope did not have any marking to indicate when it was processed for delivery. Ms. Campbell feels strongly about filing her reports on time and believes she complied before the 2/27/2025 deadline. In the future, she will submit her reports via certified mail, fax, or upload.


Comments:
ELECTION: March 29, 2025
TYPES OF REPORT: 2024 ANNUAL & 30-P
DAYS LATE: 13 & 10
ASSESSED FEE: $360.00 & $200.00
REPORTS DUE: February 18, 2025 & February 27, 2025
REPORTS FILED: March 3, 2025 & March 9, 2025
ACTIVITY REPORT: 2024 Annual: $2,823.96 in Receipts; $1,680.00 in Expenditures and $1,143.96 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.

30-P: $600.00 in Receipts; $450.16 in Expenditures and $1,293.80 Funds at Close of Reporting Period


OTHER LATE FILINGS: NONE




Law:
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.

Recommendations:
Decline to waive.
Assigned Attorney: Charles Reeves
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2025-251 - Re: CF Waiver - Maggie Campbell - 24 Annual
2025-251 - Re: CF Waiver - Maggie Campbell - 30-P