To:Brian Morrison
CC:Senator Paul Mark
Subject: Action Required: Campaign Finance Review – 15051 Mark Committee
Date: Friday, August 2, 2024
Due Date: August 16, 2024

The Massachusetts campaign finance law requires this office to review all reports to ensure that they are legal, complete and accurate. A routine review of your report(s) revealed the following issue(s) which may need correction, clarification or additional information to provide complete and accurate public disclosure of your campaign finance activity for the reporting period.

Issue #1: Contributions Through ActBlue

Your campaign finance deposit reports disclosed the following receipts from ActBlue without identifying the applicable contributors. 

Date Name Amount
5/17/2024 Massachusetts ActBlue $240.12
5/17/2024 Massachusetts ActBlue $48.02
6/5/2024 Massachusetts ActBlue $96.05
6/5/2024 Massachusetts ActBlue $265.31
6/5/2024 Massachusetts ActBlue $936.47
6/5/2024 Massachusetts ActBlue $2,363.73

Please amend your deposit report to disclose the contributor name, address, amount and applicable merchant fees. Please contact OCPF for assistance. 

Issue #2: Missing Credit Card Activity Disclosure (CPF9) Report(s)

Your bank reported the following payment(s) to a credit card company:

Date Credit Card Amount
4/2/2024 Amex epayment  $3,943.54
5/1/2024 Amex epayment  $3,221.15
6/3/2024 Amex epayment  $2,936.44

A review of your electronically filed reports indicates that Credit Card Activity Disclosure (CPF 9) Reports were not filed for this activity. In order to provide complete disclosure, please electronically file these reports.

Issue #3: Clarify Expenditure Information

Your bank reported the following expenditure(s) with missing or unclear payee and/or purpose information:

Date Payee Amount Purpose
4/3/2024 437 property man  $500.00  
6/5/2024 437 property man  $1,000.00  
6/28/2024 Common wealth print services  $107.50  
6/7/2024 Eversource  $166.66  

Please update the above expenditure(s) in the Gateway.

Issue #4: Multiple Contributors Reported for Single Receipt

The following contributions were reported with more than one person listed as the contributor:

Date Contributor Amount
5/17/2024 Jean & John Boyle $50.00
5/17/2024 Marietta & James Cawse $250.00

In the future, please list one contributor for each individual contribution. If you need to attribute a contribution to two people due to a joint checking account, please include two separate entries on your deposit report which disclose the amount attributed to each person.

In accordance with a ruling by the Supervisor of Public Records, this letter and all correspondence relating thereto is a matter of public record as of the requested date listed below. As such, it will be placed in the committee's public file at that time. Please respond to this request within two weeks of the date of this letter. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions concerning this matter or if you need additional information to comply with this request.

OCPF recently launched the Gateway, a software tool within Reporter 7 to help resolve and manage issues identified by OCPF. Click here to access the Gateway and view current items for review.

Chloe Rosette
Auditor
Office of Campaign & Political Finance