As a matter of
principle, the Faith regards choices in electing individuals to office and
voting on issues as being a private matter. Bahá'ís are therefore left free to
perform these functions according to the dictates of their own consciences. It
would thus be out of order for a Bahá'í institution to instruct the believers
as to how they should vote in elections or on issues within or outside the
Bahá'í community. One has to trust that the Bahá'í friends will act in such
private functions according to the principles of their sacred beliefs.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a
letter dated September 1995 written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice
to an individual believer)
