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Request the Board waive the $500 campaign finance late fee assessed against Patrice Joseph Smith, an unsuccessful candidate for Council Member /District 3, City of Donaldsonville, Ascension, in the November 5, 2024 election, whose 10-P campaign finance disclosure report that was filed inaccurately.
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Patrice Joseph Smith requests a waiver and states the following: She was informed that her paperwork was done. She called the BOE office numerous times to explain that her niece had completed and submitted her reports. Her niece lives in Mississippi, and she believed she submitted the reports. This was Ms. Smith's first time stepping into unfamiliar territory, so she had no idea about the paperwork. She only received $1,000 in her position and had no extra money left. Please consider waiving this assessed late fee.
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ELECTION: November 5, 2024
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P
DAYS LATE: Inaccurately file
ASSESSED FEE: $500.00
REPORTS DUE: October 28, 2024
REPORTS FILED: October 28, 2024
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.OTHER LATE FILINGS: ONE
10-G (378 days late) - $500 - Sent to the AG's office for collection on 9/29/2025
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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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