{"id":3777,"date":"2026-01-31T12:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/?p=3777"},"modified":"2026-01-31T12:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:47:28","slug":"this-one-weird-trick-could-stop-us-women-from-voting-opinion-arwa-mahdawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/this-one-weird-trick-could-stop-us-women-from-voting-opinion-arwa-mahdawi\/","title":{"rendered":"This one weird trick could stop US women from voting &#8211; opinion &#8211; Arwa Mahdawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Women who changed their name when they got married may also face a logistical nightmare: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/the-save-act-would-disenfranchise-millions-of-citizens\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">reports show<\/a> that as many as 69 million women who have taken their spouse\u2019s name don\u2019t have a birth certificate that matches their legal name. \u201cThe legislation does not mention the potential option for these Americans to present change-of-name documentation or a marriage certificate in combination with a birth certificate to prove their citizenship,\u201d the liberal thinktank the Center for American Progress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/the-save-act-overview-and-facts\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/jan\/31\/save-act-voting-arwa-mahdawi\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women who changed their name when they got married may also face a logistical nightmare: reports show that as many as 69 million women who have taken their spouse\u2019s name don\u2019t have a birth certificate that matches their legal name. \u201cThe legislation does not mention the potential option for these Americans to present change-of-name documentation &#8230; <a title=\"This one weird trick could stop US women from voting &#8211; opinion &#8211; Arwa Mahdawi\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/this-one-weird-trick-could-stop-us-women-from-voting-opinion-arwa-mahdawi\/\" aria-label=\"More on This one weird trick could stop US women from voting &#8211; opinion &#8211; Arwa Mahdawi\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[137,584,603,709],"class_list":["post-3777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gop","tag-save-act","tag-voter-suppression","tag-voting-rights-for-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3778,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3777\/revisions\/3778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}