1776 Project PAC fined $20,000 for texts sent to Carroll voters on behalf of Battaglia, Miller, Whisler

The 1776 Project political action committee, which financially supported the BMW Slate of Tara Battaglia, James Miller and Steve Whisler during the 2022 campaign for school board, has been fined $20,250 for failing to identify itself as having paid for 13,879 text messages sent to Carroll County voters on or around Nov. 1, the Maryland state prosecutor announced Thursday.