Ridgewood Councilwoman Bernadette Coghlan-Walsh missed deadlines, some by hundreds of days, when reporting contributions and expenditures during her 2014 campaign for Bergen County freeholder, according to New Jersey’s campaign finance watchdog.

Coghlan-Walsh belatedly reported campaign contributions and expenditures worth nearly $25,000 during the 2014 primary and general county freeholder elections, the state’s Election Law Enforcement Commission said.

During the primary, Coghlan-Walsh’s campaign failed to report complete information for nine expenditures totaling more than $5,000. She eventually submitted the complete documentation, more than 4½ years late, the commission found.

Coghlan-Walsh was also fined for missing the deadline to submit the forms that identified her campaign treasurer and bank account.

In July, the commission fined Coghlan-Walsh and her campaign treasurer, Kathleen Jordan, $1,079. It also fined Coghlan-Walsh an additional $480.

The fines are well below the commission’s maximum $7,600 per-transaction penalty for campaign finance violations. The commission's legal staff can offer a discount of up to 20 percent to candidates who cooperate and pay promptly, which appears to be the case for Coghlan-Walsh, said Joseph Donohue, the commission's deputy director.

"In 2016, around the time I was elected to the [Ridgewood] Village Council, it came to my attention that a group who supported my opponents filed a complaint with NJ ELEC for my 2014 freeholder campaign," Coghlan-Walsh said in a statement Tuesday. "I ran an extremely low-dollar campaign, and NJ ELEC reviewed the reporting and found clerical mistakes and requested changes to make them correct. I complied and paid a small fine. The matter has been settled with NJ ELEC."

A fellow member of the Ridgewood council, Mayor Ramon Hache, also facesallegations of campaign misconduct. The commission is still investigating hundreds of dollars in unknown contributions during his 2016 race, along with thousands of dollars reported in incomplete campaign filings.

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