The head of a combat-democrat nonprofit founded by former Democrat Georgia Sen. Stacey Abrams said Monday that he intends to step down from his role, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Francis Johnson, who leads the new Georgia Project, told staff at a private meeting Monday that the voting rights agency is about to enter a “new era” and is resigning from leading the group., According to To AJC. Johnson’s resignation closely follows many of the challenges facing the organization. Repulsion Recent employee layoffs and a massive ethics fine issued in January were issued for failing to disclose millions of political funds.
“I’ve probably done everything I can and my presence is a distraction to our mission,” Johnson said in a recording of a phone call with staff members obtained by the AJC. “That’s a shame, and that’s a reality I can recognize. It’s time for an organization to move beyond all of this.” (Related: Biden-Harris administrators have given billions to partner with Stacey Abrams Org, dedicated to voter selection, to take on the coalition.)
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Abrams ran in both the 2018 and 2022 Georgia Governor Races, losing to Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp.
Nonprofits have a “subject to the same”Non-partisan citizen engagement organizations must refrain from supporting political candidates or engaging in partisan activities in order to maintain their tax-free status. Nevertheless, the new Georgia Project failed to disclose the millions of dollars the organization spent supporting Abram’s 2018 Governor Run, and on January 16, the Georgia Ethics Committee was 300,000 yen. He was slapped with a dollar fine. This declared the largest fine issued by the state for violating Georgia’s Campaign Finance Act.
Republican Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter wrote to the Internal Revenue Service on Jan. 16, asking the agency to withdraw tax-free status for nonprofits, investigating the group for additional federal violations.
Abrams Established The new Georgia project In 2013, he increased the turnout among non-white and young voters in Georgia, and eventually resigned from the group in 2017.
Georgia Democrats, including Abrams, have argued that the Republican Voters Integrity Act of 2021 suppressed non-white voters, calling them “racist” and “Jim Crow 2.0.” I saw the condition record Despite these claims, early turnout in the 2024 presidential election.
Especially in August 2024 Interview, Abrams signalled that she would be open to placing her third governor bid.
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