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What the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices took up at its meetings since 2019: late-filing penalties and requests to waive them, complaints and requests to investigate, audits, and what it decided, as its meeting pages record them. A complaint is an allegation; the decision is the Commission's. Items naming someone on this site are also on their page.

Fined108 · $246,978 in all, median $300 Violation found17 Consent agreement1 Sent for investigation17 Reconsidered1 Postponed or more information6 Penalty waived6 No penalty4 No further action28 Other decisions38

226 decisions since 2019, grouped by what the motion says (47 more items record no motion). A fine is the penalty as decided, often reduced from the statutory amount.

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Penalty · February 28, 2023Reconsidered

Mark Lawrence

Reconsideration of Penalty – Hon. Mark Lawrence

At the Commission’s January 30, 2023 meeting, the Commission assessed a $500 penalty against the 2022 re-election campaign of Sen. Mark Lawrence because it had not filed a 24-Hour Report for a reported November 2, 2022 expenditure of $5,000. This was the second of two $5,000 expenditures the campaign reported making to the vendor. Sen. Lawrence has notified agency staff that the November 2, 2022 payment was a duplicate entry, and only one $5,000 payment was made. He requests that the Commission reconsider the $500 penalty.

Decided: To reconsider the penalty matter. (vote 5-0)

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