The Wisconsin State Ethics Commission said the initial $100 fine would be followed by additional fines and possibly legal action.

Reports had to be submitted by July 15 showing who donated to the recall campaign and what the group spent its money on.

After 30 days, the state will initiate enforcement actions to achieve compliance.

Matt Snorek, organizer of the recall campaign, said other members of the group were responsible for filing reports with the state and referred questions to Conrad Reynolds, an Arkansas Republican who traveled to Wisconsin to help with the recall campaign for Democrats. The campaign was conducted at a storefront in Union Grove.

For two weeks, Snorek said, Reynolds has been back in Arkansas preparing financial reports.

“He said he was working on it,” Snorek said. “He has all the documentation.”

Reynolds could not be reached for comment.

The recall group sought to remove Vos from his seat in the state legislature after the Assembly speaker rejected calls to recognize President Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin.

In two separate attempts, the group failed to collect the required number of signatures for a petition calling for a recall in Vos’s constituency.

The group registered with the state Ethics Commission in January under the name “Recall Vos” and again in March under the name “Racine Recall Committee.” Both committees are required to submit campaign finance reports to the state.

David Buerger, legal counsel for the Ethics Commission, said the recall committees would continue to face fines of up to $500 over the next four months.

The Ethics Commission will then consider a civil lawsuit asking a judge to order the recall group to produce the reports. The dispute could be resolved through a negotiated agreement without a trial, Buerger said, but officials would not agree to waive the requirement to disclose financials.

“Our agreements do not allow them to evade reporting,” he said.