New Georgia Project, a grassroots organization founded by former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, has been hit with a record-breaking $300,000 ethics fine.

A voting rights group founded by Stacey Abrams has been dealt the largest campaign violation fine in Georgia history. The New Georgia Project, once a major organizing force, will pay the state $300,000 for illegally spending millions to bolster Abrams' 2018 gubernatorial campaign to settle a complaint filed with the Georgia Ethics Commission,

The New Georgia Project, a grassroots organization founded by Stacey Abrams in 2013, has been hit with a massive ethics fine that was years in the making for acting as an unregistered Super PAC. The fine is $300,

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.

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.’

The New Georgia Project – founded by politician and voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams – has received a record fine in the state for illegal campaigning.