To:Donna Dumais
CC:Mayor J. Christian Dumais
Subject: Action Required: Campaign Finance Review – 18147 Dumais Committee
Date: Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Due Date: September 3, 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.

Missing or Incomplete Occupation and Employer Information

The following contributors are missing occupation and/or employer information:

Date Contributor Amount Occupation/Employer
7/11/2024 Rafael Borges $500.00 Self Employed Self Employed
7/11/2024 Kristen Capello $250.00 Self Employed Self Employed
7/11/2024 Steven Levy $250.00 Self Self
7/11/2024 Richard Murphy $250.00 Self Employed Self Employed
7/11/2024 Maria White $250.00 Self Employed Self Employed

Committees are required to report the occupation and employer of all contributors who give $200 or more within a calendar year. Please contact the above contributor(s) to request their occupation and employer and update your records to disclose this information.

Missing Reimbursement (R1) Report(s)

Your bank reported the following expenditure that appears to be a reimbursement:

Date Payee Amount Purpose
7/26/2024 CHRISTIAN DUMAS $628.00 REIMBURSEMENT

Since the above does not clearly describe the underlying expenditure activity, Reimbursement (R1) report(s) should be filed. Also, please keep in mind that reimbursements for expenditures made on behalf of the committee may not exceed $100.

Clarify Expenditure Information

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

Date Payee Amount Purpose
7/15/2024 MINUTEMAN PRES   $345.93 NA 
7/18/2024 MINUTEMAN PRES   $163.57 DBT PURCHASE  

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

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.

Sarabeth McClain
Auditor
Office of Campaign & Political Finance