US President Joe Biden has launched a fresh effort to secure the passage of new voting rights laws in the United States Senate.
Two pieces of legislation are currently awaiting a vote there, and the President says he now favors changing Senate rules to allow the laws to pass with a simple majority - not the 60 elusive votes they currently require.
In a speech in Atlanta, the President presented the issue as fundamental to the future of American democracy.
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But several prominent civil rights leaders stayed away from the President's speech, complaining that he should have come to the issue far earlier in his Presidency.