Stacey Abrams-founded voter registration organization to pay $300,000 fine

A nonprofit voter registration organization founded by two-time Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has agreed to pay the largest fine ever assessed by the Georgia Ethics Commission. The commission's board voted Wednesday to approve a consent order calling for New Georgia Project and a separate fundraising arm to pay $300,000 for failing to disclose $4.2 million in contributions and $3.2 million in spending during the 2018 election cycle on behalf of Abrams' unsuccessful bid for governor. New Georgia Project's activities included voter canvassing, campaign literature, social media engagement, and operations...