Stacey Abrams group to pay largest fine for campaign violations in Georgia history

[Jose Garcia]

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution

A voting rights group founded by Stacey Abrams will pay $300,000 for illegally supporting her 2018 gubernatorial campaign — the largest fine ever assessed for violating Georgia campaign finance laws.

Under a consent order approved by the State Ethics Commission on Wednesday, the New Georgia Project admitted it raised and spent millions of dollars to support Abrams’ unsuccessful campaign without registering as an independent political committee and disclosing its activities, as required by state law. It also supported the campaigns of other Democratic candidates that year, as well as the unsuccessful 2019 Gwinnett County MARTA referendum.



Read more: https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/abrams-group-to-pay-largest-fine-for-campaign-violations-in-georgia-history/3Q3SFGNDNFEXLBIUYUB3ONDRM4/

[rich7862]

1. With muskrat giving gigantic donations to trump and not a word said about it. Stop trying to work over the isle with

these out and out anti democratic criminal members of government.

[stillcool]

2. one way or another

they can't help themselves. The law...what a frigging tool.

[TheRickles]

3. Regardless of what Trump and Musk do, this is a black mark against a key Dem.

[LeftInTX]

4. Yikes! This could have easily been avoided. All that had to do was register as a PAC. How hard is that to do?

[cadoman]

5. there are many pitfalls in raising nonprofit political funds

It's unfortunately a matter that is best left to political legal experts than grassroots.

Grassroots energy just wants to raise money and get to work, but the legal experts are critical to make sure the organization is filing all the paperwork and presenting in a manner that is legally compliant. It really is a tightrope to walk and it's why sometimes you see folks like Musk seemingly get away with anything but some little organization in Georgia gets the hammer dropped on them.

Well-intended laws like this sometimes end up benefiting the powerful, because they are the only ones that can afford to navigate them.

[yankee87]

6. Who is surprised?

We have to remember, everything a Democrat does is illegal, especially a minority, everything a MAGA politician does is okay.
Why isn’t the party screaming about lawfare?
We seem to always take the high road. I’m tired of this.