ATLANTA — The head of the Georgia Ethics Commission said Thursday that his agency is still trying to prove whether or not a voter advocacy group founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams illegally coordinated election work with Abrams' unsuccessful 2018 campaign for governor.

David Emadi, the commission's executive director, told a state Senate committee that the question of coordination is still under investigation. It has been more than seven years since the 2018 election and 10 months since the New Georgia Project admitted illegal activity relating to raising and spending money to influence the 2018 election and a 2019 transit referendum in suburban Gwinnett County.

Under state law, the group was supposed to register as an independent campaign committee and disclose donors and spending. The N

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