A voter registration group that Stacey Abrams founded and a separate but affiliated organization have filed a federal lawsuit in a move that could end a state ethics commission probe into whether they aided the Democrat’s run for governor in 2018 without disclosing their role.
The New Georgia Project and the New Georgia Project Action Fund filed suit Wednesday, saying that the commission is using an unconstitutionally broad definition of a “campaign fund” to allege they raised $4 million and spent $3 million before the 2018 election and illegally failed to disclose it.
Under Georgia law, groups advocating for candidates must disclose contributions and expenditures on a regular basis.
