Just next week, the state legislature will convene, with Republican leaders already proudly touting their plans to attack voting access, push to ban drop boxes, and erect new hurdles in the path of voters. Right now, advocates and local leaders are fighting to stop the closure of 7 out of 8 polling places in Lincoln County - where over one-third of voters are Black. In the past year alone, voters and advocates have fought an onslaught of devastating anti-voter proposals, and have organized in the aftermath of the passage of SB 202. We are tired, but we persist in doing the work. Georgians are fighting every day to protect our freedom to vote from unrelenting attacks. Georgia voters are more than just convenient props in a political image game. Georgia will not be used as a two-dimensional backdrop, a chess piece in someone elseвЂ™s ineffectual political dealings. As civil rights leaders and advocates, we reject any visit by President Biden that does not include an announcement of a finalized voting rights plan that will pass both chambers, not be stopped by the filibuster, and be signed into law anything less is insufficient and unwelcome. Such an empty gesture, without concrete action, without signs of real, tangible work, is unacceptable. In return, a visit has been forced on them, requiring them to accept political platitudes and repetitious, bland promises.

Georgia voters made history and made their voices heard, overcoming obstacles, threats, and suppressive laws to deliver the White House and the US Senate. вЂњWe need to see the passage and signing of both the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.вЂќ Explore President Biden, VP Harris plan visit to Atlanta to talk up voting rights Explore Democratic frustration boils over with lack of progress on voting rights вЂњThe White House must respond to this current attack on democracy, and coming to Georgia for discussions is nice, but what we need is urgent action in D.C.,вЂќ he said. He said Biden and Harris are welcome to visit Atlanta, but what is really needed is that they work harder on Capitol Hill. James Woodall, the former president of the Georgia NAACP, is among the signers of the statement. The statement from the voting rights groups says that they will вЂњreject any visit by President Biden that does not include an announcement of a finalized voting rights plan that will pass both chambers, not be stopped by the filibuster, and be signed into law anything less is insufficient and unwelcome.вЂќ The other would make Election Day a holiday, limit voter purges, allow people to register to vote and cast a ballot the same day, and create national standards for redistricting, early voting, drop boxes and voting by mail. John Lewis of Georgia, would reinstate federal oversight before states and local governments that reach certain criteria are allowed to change voting or election laws. There are two bills these activists would like to see become law, especially ahead of the legislative session in states such as Georgia where Republicans could attempt to pass new laws that reduce access to the ballot or make it more difficult to vote. But the administration has not shared its game plan for overcoming the hurdles that remain. Press Secretary Jen Psaki during her daily press briefing reiterated statements Biden said in the past about supporting a Senate rule change to get voting bills passed, which is a priority for him. The White House did not have an immediate response to the criticism from the voting groups.

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