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.

Your committee reported the following contribution(s) which appear to exceed the calendar year limit of $200 that a legislative or executive agent can contribute to a candidate's committee:

Please review your records. If an excess contribution was received, you should refund the excess amount to the contributor.

Your bank reported the following expenditure that appears to be a 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.

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 above. 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.

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