On the election day, the friends must wholeheartedly participate in the elections, in unity and amity, turning their hearts to God, detached from all things but Him, seeking His guidance and supplicating His aid and bounty. (Shoghi Effendi, 27 February 1923 to the Bahá'í in the East -- translated from the Persian; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Baha’i Elections)
