The two candidates who missed Thursday’s deadline for submitting
campaign disclosure statements each will get fined $100 for their
tardy entries, said head elections official Joe Paul Gonzalez, who
cited the penalty as office policy.
The two candidates who missed Thursday’s deadline for submitting campaign disclosure statements each will get fined $100 for their tardy entries, said head elections official Joe Paul Gonzalez, who cited the penalty as office policy.
District 3 supervisor candidate Robert Rivas and sheriff’s office contender Robert Scattini missed the 5 p.m. Thursday deadline to turn in Form 460s, which detail fundraising activity from March 18 through May 22 in the final submission before the June 8 primary.
Joe Paul Gonzalez, the county’s clerk, auditor and recorder, noted how each candidate will be fined $100, while the penalty would escalate by another $100 if either is late by five more days.
“We charge the penalty to anyone who’s late,” Gonzalez said. “It’s the discretion of the registrar to charge the fine. It is the office policy to do it.”
That penalty theoretically could be much higher, though. In response to a query about potential consequences for being late, a Fair Political Practices Commission spokesman pointed out how such violations are governed under the Political Reform Act and that each infraction carries the possibility of a $5,000 fine.
Scattini had noted Friday how his treasurer erred and that he would have his forms submitted Tuesday. Rivas said his camp mailed the documents either Thursday or Friday. Either way, the statements must be received by the elections office, in hand, by the noted deadline, Gonzalez pointed out.
Scattini had yet to submit his forms as of 3 p.m. today. The elections office did receive Rivas’ documents, though. They showed that he raised $14,610 during the latest filing period and $21,556 in total for the year. He had $2,737 for an ending cash balance. His largest contributor was Leal Vineyards, for $5,000.
His opponent, incumbent Pat Loe, raised $4,031 in the period, including $1,997 in non-monetary contributions. In total for the year, she had raised $5,554 and had $699 as a cash balance.
For a breakdown of other races’ expenditures, go here.
