The Office of the Public Auditor is reminding all election candidates and political parties that participated in this year\u2019s general elections that they are required by law to file a detailed \u201ccampaign statement of account.\u201d Filing of a \u201ccampaign statement of account\u201d is mandatory. Failure to do so means a penalty of $100 per day for each date the statement is late.<\/p>\n
This itemized financial statement, prepared with the advice and co-signature of the candidate\u2019s treasurer, must show the specific source(s), name(s) of contributor(s), and amount(s) of contributions and expenses.<\/p>\n
OPA is mandated by law to receive the filing of these statements. <\/p>\n
The law also requires that the statement be verified under oath by the candidate\/political party and the candidate\u2019s\/political party\u2019s treasurer. <\/p>\n
OPA said its office will provide free notary service to those who wish to avail themselves of this service. (Proper identification bearing both the photo and signature of the candidate and treasurer must be provided). <\/p>\n
Pursuant to the law, failure to file a complete, signed, dated and verified statement 50 days after the election shall subject you to a fine of up to $100 per day for each date the statement is late.<\/p>\n
The law that requires the campaign statement of account is 1 CMC \u00a7 6424. <\/p>\n
The \u201ccampaign statement of account\u201d form, suggested reports, and supporting schedules are available on the Commonwealth Election Commission\u2019s website at www.votecnmi.gov.mp or on OPA\u2019s website at www.opacnmi.com. (Saipan Tribune)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Office of the Public Auditor is reminding all election candidates and political parties that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":381244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-381243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}