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State Ethics Commission approves consent orders for two 2024 candidates over late filings
Summary
The commission accepted two consent orders covering late or insufficient filings from 2024 municipal and county candidates, approving financial penalties and closing those matters by agreement.
The State Ethics Commission on Jan. 15 accepted consent orders resolving two separate campaign-reporting matters: Doug Ingram, a 2024 candidate for Mulberry City Council, and Lorraine Cochran Johnson, a 2024 candidate for DeKalb County CEO.
Commission staff reported that Doug Ingram failed to file a personal financial-disclosure statement within 15 days of qualifying for office, described the omission as an oversight by a first-time candidate, and said Ingram cooperated and promptly filed the required statement. Under the consent order Ingram agreed to pay a $125 late fee and a $125 civil penalty, for a total of $250; staff told commissioners those fines had been paid.
Staff reported that Lorraine Cochran Johnson filed her April 30, 2024 CCBR late, admitted an oversight, and cooperated by filing the report within the week after staff contacted her; the parties agreed to a $250 late-filing fee. Staff indicated a fully executed consent order was on file for Ingram and that payment for Cochran Johnson’s fine was expected within the standard 30-day period.
The chair moved to accept the two consent orders “together” under the commission’s Hicks rule. The motion was seconded, and the commission approved both consent orders on a voice vote.
The approvals resolve those administrative enforcement matters via settlement and end staff’s enforcement activity on those two files.
