The New Georgia Project, a prominent voting rights organization founded by Stacey Abrams, has been fined $300,000 by the state ethics commission of Georgia for illegally campaigning for Abrams and other Democratic candidates during the 2018 election cycle.
Voting rights group founded by Stacey Abrams fined for illegal campaigning New Georgia Project, fined $300,000 by state ethics body, admitted to 16 violations of election law, officials say.
Ethics commission investigators noted talking points used in scripts for New Georgia Project canvassers and phone-bank callers that explicitly advocated for Abrams, and how the group used social media to promote donation links to Act Blue and the Democratic campaign.
“If an organization is electioneering in Georgia as an independent committee, they have to register with the commission,” said Dave Emadi, executive secretary of the state ethics commission.
The consent order ends a years-long investigation that the voting rights group had broken state campaign finance laws by raising and spending millions in support of candidate without proper registration and disclosure.
