Deanna Brown Nolan, who ran for mayor of Burns Lake in 2014, missed a deadline to file her campaign expenditures and will have to pay a late filing fee of $500.
Under the local elections campaign financing act, disclosure statements must be filed with B.C.’s chief electoral officer within 90 days after general voting day for an election. The statements include expenses of each filer and information regarding contributions they received. The filing deadline for the 2014 general local elections was 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 13, 2015.
Deanna Brown Nolan told Moose FM that she has been "too busy with work to file her campaign financing paper work," adding that paying a fine did not make her regret running for mayor and that "the experience was a very good look into the real dynamics of the Burns Lake community as an Aboriginal woman."
Nolan can still file her statements by March 16, 2015, after paying the late filing fee.
On Feb. 23, 2015, Elections B.C. released the 2014 general local elections disclosure statements of candidates. The scanned disclosure statements for candidates can be viewed at bit.ly/1GlsMik