GOP lawmaker says tougher campaign finance penalties needed in response to New Georgia Project case

Stacey Abrams’ New Georgia Project is a thing of the past, but it may still be a major topic of conversation when lawmakers gather next year for the annual legislative session

The voter engagement project founded by Stacey Abrams in 2013 announced in October that it was dissolving after the Georgia Ethics Commission concluded the organization violated state campaign finance law and charged the group a $300,000 fine, the largest fine for an ethics violation in state history.

Ethics commission executive director David Emadi said the New Georgia Project admitted to the violations after a lengthy legal process.

“They admitted they failed to register as an independent committee or super PAC,” he said. “They admitted they failed to file all required disclosure reports in the 2018 primary and general election. They admitted they failed to disclose over $4 million … They admitted failing to disclose in those reports over just over $3.2 million in political expenditures.”


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