# Can this SCOTUS ruling on USPS discrimination affect mail-in voting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 25, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-scotus-ruling-on-usps-discrimination-affect-mail-in-voting/1027969 "2026-02-25T18:48:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-scotus-ruling-on-usps-discrimination-affect-mail-in-voting/1027969/7 "2026-02-25T20:27:49Z")
**Moderating:** Since this is about mail-in voting specifically, I think this is more P&E than GD, though the rules for both are identical. I’ll shove it over to the sister forum. In addition, we already have a P&E thread about the SCOTUS ruling that was started earlier: > [@US Supreme Court rules that Americans can't sue Postal Service for intentionally not delivering the mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-supreme-court-rules-that-americans-cant-sue-postal-service-for-intentionally-not-delivering-the-mail/1027960/2): > > And it’s not even the corporate body of the USPS that has to be the problem. From the story: She did so, the documents say, but the mail problems continued, despite the USPS inspector general instructing the mail to be delivered. The management of the USPS apparently didn’t even have the power to rein in a couple of rogue racist employees, who made the decision to stop delivering all on their own, and even resisted push back from their own bosses. So any employee, anywhere along the line c… For general discussion on the topic. For the moment, I’m not merging the threads, because this one, per the OP, is about possible ramifications for mail-in voting, a much more specific topic. If it’s general discussion, please use the thread mentioned above. Or, if @Czarcasm prefers, I can just merge the threads. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-scotus-ruling-on-usps-discrimination-affect-mail-in-voting/1027969)._