A pair of voting advocacy groups founded by Georgia politician Stacey Abrams were hit with an historic $300,000 fine for violating state campaign finance laws.

A voter registration nonprofit founded by former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams secretly boosted her 2018 gubernatorial bid in violation of campaign finance law and was slapped with a $300,000

The nonprofit agreed to pay a $300,000 fine over its spending in support of the Georgia Democrat's candidacy during the 2018 governor's race.

This represents the largest and most significant instance of an organization illegally influencing our statewide elections.’

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"Also appears to be the largest Ethics Fine ever imposed by any State Ethics Commission in the country related to an election and campaign finance case."

The two groups' current leadership admitted 16 instances of illegal activity in a consent decree and will pay a $300,000 fine, the largest in state history, according to the commission.

On Jan. 22, former Georgia state representative and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams delivered the keynote address for the College’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. The official theme of this year’s address was “Moral Courage in the Face of Change and Uncertainty.”

ATLANTA — A voting rights organization founded by Stacey Abrams was hit with the biggest fine in state ethics commission history after admitting to violating Georgia campaign finance laws. Channel 2′s Richard Elliot was at the State Capitol on Wednesday for the end of six years of legal battles.

The New Georgia Project, founded by Stacey Abrams, has been fined $300,000 by the State Ethics Commission for allegedly functioning as an illegal Super PAC during Abrams's 2018 gubernatorial campaign.

The Georgia Ethics Commission voted unanimously to impose the fine after it found that the nonprofit New Georgia Project, and the New Georgia Project Action Fund, did not disclose its campaign contributions to Abrams' candidacy despite advocating for her.