Code Section 12-14.1 Absentee Ballot Campaigning Reporting Requirement--- 2017MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
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Sec. 12-14.1. Absentee Ballot Campaigning Reporting Requirement.
(1) Each campaign treasurer designated by a candidate for County or municipal office in Miami-
Dade County shall, at the time of filing any contribution or expenditure reports otherwise
required by law, file an additional electronic report with the officer responsible for receiving
such candidate's contribution or expenditure reports. The report shall identify the names of
all paid campaign workers, whether employed by the campaign or any consultant or agent of
the campaign, participating in the campaign or undertaking any other activities regarding
absentee ballots. The report shall be filed on a form created by the Supervisor of Elections
for such purpose.
(2) Any candidate failing to file a report as required by this section on the designated due date
shall be subject to a fine of $50.00 per day for the first three (3) days and, thereafter,
$500.00 per day for each day late not to exceed $5,000.00. Such fine shall not be an
allowable campaign expense and shall be paid only from the personal funds of the
candidate. Any candidate may appeal or dispute the fine to the Miami-Dade County
Commission on Ethics and Public Trust based upon, but not limited to, unusual
circumstances surrounding the failure to file on the designated due date, and may request,
and shall be entitled to, a hearing before the Commission on Ethics and Public Trust, which
shall have the authority to waive the fine in whole or in part. Any such appeal or dispute shall
be made within twenty (20) days after receipt of notice that payment is due or such appeal or
dispute shall be waived.
(3) Candidates for County and municipal office in Miami-Dade County may not direct or
knowingly permit any paid or volunteer campaign worker to violate any provision of the
Miami-Dade County Code or Florida Law regarding the conduct of absentee voting. Any
such candidate found to violate this subsection by the Commission on Ethics and Public
Trust shall, in addition to any other civil or criminal penalties provided by law, shall be
subject to the penalties provided in Section 2-11.1(bb) of the Code of Miami-Dade County.
(Ord. No. 13-05, § 1, 1-23-13)
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