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Voting rights group founded by Stacey Abrams fined for illegal campaigning

New Georgia Project, fined $300,000 by state ethics body, admitted to 16 violations of election law, officials say

The Guardian - US · Jan 16, 2025

‘Democracy is on life support’: the organizers fighting voter suppression in the US south

After the 2013 supreme court ruling decimated the Voting Rights Act, advocates are working round the clock to ensure the ballot is accessible to all

The Guardian - US · Jun 27, 2023

‘We’re hitting the soil’: Georgia activists mobilize voters in an off year

Voting rights groups say there’s no time for complacency as restrictive laws take toll on a battleground state

The Guardian - US · Feb 13, 2023

Georgia's rural Black voters helped propel Democrats before. Will they do it again?

One group that could help 2022 statewide Democratic candidates is Georgia's rural Black voters. They helped Stacey Abrams get close in 2018 and later pushed two Democratic U.S. senators to victory.

WEKU · Sep 12, 2022

A publisher abruptly recalled the '2,000 Mules' election denial book. NPR got a copy.

Due to an unspecified "publishing error," the conservative publisher Regnery recalled the book version of Dinesh D'Souza's widely debunked election denial film "2,000 Mules." Here's what's inside.

WEKU · Sep 8, 2022

Groups accused of not disclosing Abrams aid sue over ethics probe

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.

Tribune News Service · Sep 1, 2022

Ethics panel takes up biggest case yet in probe of Abrams supporters

ATLANTA — The state ethics commission on Monday will consider whether a nonprofit raised and spent millions of undisclosed dollars supporting Stacey Abrams' 2018 gubernatorial campaign.

Tribune News Service · Jul 29, 2022

Biden, Democrats need Black voters to show up this fall. Will they?

WASHINGTON — Marking the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, President Joe Biden last week signed an executive order to reform federal policing practices as Floyd's relatives, reform advocates and civil rights leaders looked on.

Los Angeles Times · May 31, 2022

Georgia secretary of state primary will test big lie’s hold on Republicans

Brad Raffensperger, who resisted Trump’s call to ‘find’ extra votes in 2020, is seeking re-election against Jody Hice, who toes the ex-president’s line

The Guardian - US · May 19, 2022

Subtle change may have undermined Georgia automatic voter registration

ATLANTA — A dramatic drop in automatic voter registrations in Georgia may be caused by a government website that required potential voters to click a button before they could sign up.

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2022