This is a word a podcast from Slate. I'm your host, Jason Johnson. President Biden was

in Georgia this week making another speech in support of voting rights.

For the right to vote and that vote counted is democracy threshold liberty. Without it,

nothing is possible. But many voting rights activists are calling it too little too late.

I won't go to a photo app when there's a real fight happening.

What's the path ahead for protecting access to the ballot box and is the president a leader

a bystander or an obstruction coming up on a word with me Jason Johnson. Stay with us.

Welcome to a word a podcast about race and politics and everything else. I'm your host Jason

Johnson. Since the violent January six terrorist attack failed to overturn the presidential

election results, many Republican leaders have turned to state legislation to make it harder

for black and brown voters to make their voices heard at the ballot box. 19 states, 19 states

have passed voting restriction laws since then with more under consideration. That's a threat to

much of the Democratic Party base and American democracy in general. It also affects President

Biden's reelection hopes. And as the president pointed out in his speech in Georgia this week,

this affects democracy itself. That's why we're here today to stand against the forces in America

that value power over principle forces that attempted a coup a coup against the legally express

world of American people by sewing doubt and bending charges of fraud and seeking to steal the

2020 election from the people. They want chaos to reign. We want the people to rule. But many of the

activists who help lift Biden to victory are unimpressed with the administration's efforts to support

their work. So what's next for efforts for protecting voting rights and who's leading them?

Joining us to talk about is Inse Ufah. She's the CEO of the New Georgia Project

and organization that helped bring hundreds of thousands of new voters to the roles in Georgia

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