WASHINGTON, Jan 11— President Joe Biden will travel to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthplace of Atlanta today to jumpstart stalled efforts to reform US voting rights after new laws by states that some activists say will deter Black voters from the polls.
Trump continues to say voter fraud caused his 7 million vote loss to Biden in 2020, despite recounts and investigations that found no evidence. Since then, Republican lawmakers in 19 states passed dozens of laws making it harder to vote. Critics say these measures disproportionately affect minorities.
“Will we choose democracy over autocracy, light over shadow, justice over injustice? I know where I stand. I will not yield. I will not flinch. I will defend your right to vote and our democracy against all enemies foreign and domestic. And so the question is where will the institution of United States Senate stand?”
“We, along with other Georgia-based groups, told the president this is not the time and that we don’t need a photo op,” said April England-Albright, legal director for Black Voters Matter in Atlanta. “There has not been any real movement around voting rights legislation.”
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