Tierney Sneed

Tierney Sneed is a D.C.-based investigative reporter. She focuses on voting rights and previously covered health care for TPM.

tierney@talkingpointsmemo.com @tierney_megan

Secretary of State David Whitley, left, arrives for his confirmation hearing, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, in Austin, Texas, where he addressed the backlash surrounding Texas' efforts to find noncitizens on voter rolls. Whitley denies his office made mistakes over a list of 95,000 voters whose U.S. citizenship was called into question but included thousands of wrongly flagged names. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Secretary of State David Whitley, left, arrives for his confirmation hearing, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, in Austin, Texas, where he addressed the backlash surrounding Texas' efforts to find noncitizens on voter rolls. Whitley denies his office made mistakes over a list of 95,000 voters whose U.S. citizenship was called into question but included thousands of wrongly flagged names. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Texas’ 2019 Voter Purge Disaster Could Come Back From The Dead With New GOP Elections Bills

03.31.21 | 12:48 pm

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Texas Looks To Give Camera-Toting Poll Watchers Free Rein Of Election Sites

Republican bills moving through the legislature will invite “vigilante voter suppression activities” against people of color, critics say.

03.31.21 | 6:00 am

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Biden Announces Diverse Set Of Judicial Noms In First Tranche Of Picks For The Bench

03.30.21 | 10:40 am

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Amid Georgia Furor, Other States Look at New Ways To Make Voting Harder

This Week in Voting Rights: A weekly roundup of news on Americans' access to the ballot box.

03.29.21 | 12:57 pm

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New Lawsuit Claims GA Elections Bill Intentionally Discriminates Against Black Voters

03.29.21 | 11:09 am

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Biden Calls New GA Voting Law ‘Jim Crow in the 21st Century’

03.26.21 | 3:15 pm

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MI GOP Has A Plan For Getting Restrictive Voting Measures Around Guv’s Vetos

03.26.21 | 12:25 pm

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Georgia Law Creating New Hurdles For Voters Already Faces A Legal Challenge

03.26.21 | 10:08 am

ATLANTA, GA - MARCH 08: Demonstrators hold a “sit in” inside of the Capitol building in opposition of House Bill 531 on March 8, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. HB531 will restrict early voting hours, remove drop boxes, and require the use of a government ID when voting by mail. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

ATLANTA, GA - MARCH 08: Demonstrators hold a “sit in” inside of the Capitol building in opposition of House Bill 531 on March 8, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. HB531 will restrict early voting hours, remove drop boxes, and require the use of a government ID when voting by mail. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

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Georgia Legislature Passes Bill Curbing Ballot Access

03.25.21 | 1:53 pm

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Senate Panel Advances Nomination Of Gupta, Civil Rights Lawyer Picked For Top DOJ Role

03.25.21 | 12:11 pm

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