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Officeholders

Lorie S Ward

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-05-02 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$2,239,462
Income listed$0
Real estate$1,569,678
Debts listed$0
Worth a look1

Worth a look 1

Worth a look Income & business ties

Glades County: no income listed, though the office pays a salary

The filer held Glades County in 2023, a salaried public office, but the primary sources of income are left empty, and no tax return is attached instead.

What to check
  • Check the income page of the original: the salary may be listed under another name.
  • Check that they were paid in office all year: the Commission keeps listing a suspended or departed official under the office, and a new term may start partway through the year.
  • Some officials decline or donate their salary; the form still asks for income received.
Rule: Paid public office, but no public salary listed
“List the name of each source of income that provided you with more than $1,000 of income during”2023 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Lists Other Assets Valued more than 1,000 not included in household goods and personal effects separately from the $144,000 household-goods total

Personal vehicles, jewelry, art and furnishings can be reported in the household-goods lump sum or itemized. Net worth doesn't appear to count them twice.

What to check
  • No action needed unless the lump sum also includes these items.

Rule: Household items listed twice
“Describe, and state the value of, each asset you had on the reporting date you selected for your net worth, if the asset was worth more than $1,000 and if you have not already included that asset in the aggregate value of your household goods and personal effects.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $2,239,462; listed items add up to $2,239,462

Reported net worth: $2,239,462. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $2,239,462. They roughly agree. 1 listed item(s) have no amount, so the comparison is incomplete.

What to check
  • No action needed unless other items look off.

Rule: Net worth vs. listed items
“Simply subtracting your liabilities from your assets will not result in an accurate net worth figure in most cases.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Missing or incomplete

Assets itemized in an attachment on page 5

The form says “see attached” for 1 entry, and this copy includes the attachment (page 5).

What to check
  • Open the attachment page to see the individual holdings behind each total.
Rule: Itemized in an attachment
“A filer may include and submit attachments or other supporting documentation when filing”2023 Form 6 instructions, Attachments ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $2,239,462 — a millionaire on paper

Net worth is the filer's own figure. Being wealthy isn't a problem; it's context for comparing candidates and for reading the rest of the form.

What to check
  • Compare with the other candidates in the race.
  • Check that the large assets below are described and valued clearly.

Rule: Net worth tier
“Report your net worth as of”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $1,569,678 (70% of net worth)

Real estate holdings, as listed.

What to check
  • Look the parcels up with the county property appraiser: land use (vacant or improved), assessed value and when they were bought.
  • Check whether any listed liability is a mortgage on these properties.

Rule: Real estate holdings
“Real property: Identify by providing the street address of the property.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

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Their filings

Other filings by Lorie S Ward

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-02$2,424,413
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-03$2,261,609
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-06-13$1,754,953

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $2,095,462 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $0 listed

Reported as “N/A”.

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $0 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

Reported as “N/A”.

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Reported as “N/A”.

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
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Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-11T04:59:24+00:00
SHA-256
081faad307f9aab413887e3e1b8d2032720ae2ae0655786fee6d7f0078de31a4
Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 attachment
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 0 value(s) below 80% confidence