The aim should always be so to educate the friends during
the year that they consider their participation in Bahá'í elections not only as
a right they exercise, but as a spiritual obligation which, when discharged in
the proper Bahá'í spirit, contributes to the health and growth of the Bahá'í
community.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a memorandum dated 18 June
1980 to the International Teaching Centre; The Compilation of Compilation, Vol.
III, Sanctity and Nature of Baha’i Elections)
