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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think this is real. Fake news. Fake charges. [/quote]

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Two Georgia voter turnout groups credited with chipping away at Republicans’ edge in the state announced Thursday they are closing down, raising questions about whether Democratic organizing can be sustained in Georgia, where breakthroughs have yet to overturn overall Republican control of the state.

Founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams in 2013 to register and turn out more nonwhite and young voters, the nonpartisan New Georgia Project, along with its affiliated New Georgia Project Action Fund, had been a political force. Their closure, along with legal losses sustained by another Abrams-founded organization — Fair Fight — raise questions about whether Abrams’ model of voter organizing can be sustained. The groups are closing as Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff seeks reelection in 2026 and Democrats try to win a governor’s race in Georgia for the first time since 1998.

A record-breaking fine
The New Georgia Project was weakened by questions about leadership and spending. The Georgia Ethics Commission levied a record-breaking $300,000 fine in January after finding the groups illegally did election work and fundraising for Abrams in 2018 while failing to register to take campaign contributions and failing to file campaign finance reports.

The fine was followed by multiple rounds of layoffs, including of some of the groups’ employees who said they were targeted for trying to unionize.

https://apnews.com/article/stacey-abrams-new-georgia-project-closing-0d4f8b8ac0d4065762c91daa07df9b15[/quote]

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