Georgia activists warn Biden against a ‘photo-op’ visit that lacks voting rights plan

President and vice-president urged to come to state with meaningful plan or risk visit being dismissed as waste of time'

A coalition of influential political activists in Georgia that boosted turnout in a state crucial to Joe Biden's victory in 2020 is refusing to attend the visit planned on Tuesday by the US president and Kamala Harris to speak on voting rights.

The group had warned the president and vice-president that they needed to announce a specific plan to get national voting rights legislation passed or risk their high-profile trip to Atlanta being dismissed as a waste of time".