Voting rights activists in Georgia don't want President Biden to come to their state just to make a speech. The work to stop voter suppression on all levels need to be done in Washington D.C. — not Atlanta, James Woodall (iMajorWish) says.
A man receives an"I'm a Georgia Voter" sticker after casting a ballot in Georgia's Primary Election on June 9, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Activists want Congress to pass national voting rights legislation. Republican-led state legislatures throughout the country — including Georgia — have passed laws that restrict voting access. And this week Georgia's legislature is meeting to discuss more restrictions., a public policy associate at the Southern Center for Human Rights, is one activist who signed a letter last week asking Biden and Vice President Harris not to come to Georgia if they're only going to give speeches.
“We have run out of time,” he says. “We need them to say the right things. Yes, we need them to be on message and have these kinds of speeches. But really, what we need is actual legislation being signed into law.”On Biden’s predicament with a 50-50 split in the Senate and not every Democrat on board with his voting legislation
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