Before the Ethics Commission (2022-06-22): Request for Waiver of Late-Filing Penalty – Hon. Paul R. LePage
Paul R. LePage is a candidate for governor in the 2022 elections. He was required to file the 42-Day Pre-Primary Report by 11:59 p.m. on May 3, 2022, but the report was not filed until May 4, 2022, one day late. The preliminary penalty is $9,091.83. The campaign is requesting a waiver of the penalty. The motion: “To find that the campaign violated 21-A M.R.S. § 1017(2)(B) when it failed to file the statutorily required report by the deadline.” Vote: 5-0.
What to check
- The Commission's decision, in the motion and the minutes
The Commission's meeting of 2022-06-22The staff memo
Rule: Late-filing penalty before the Ethics Commission
“A campaign finance report is not timely filed unless a properly signed or electronically submitted copy of the report, substantially conforming to the disclosure requirements of this subchapter, is received by the commission by 11:59 p.m. on the date it is due.”21-A MRSA §1020-A(2) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works