Directives of Guardian
by
Shoghi Effendi
Page 13 of  87

37 CIVIL ELECTIONS (Voting in)
"...No Baha'i vote for an officer, no Baha'i participation in the affairs of the Republic, shall involve acceptance of a program or policy that contravenes any vital principle, spiritual or social, of the Faith. (13:3)

"...No vote cast, or office undertaken, by a Baha'i should necessarily constitute acceptance, by the voter or office holder, of the entire program of any political party. No Baha'i can be regarded as either a Republican or Democrat, as such. He is above all else, the supporter of the principles enunciated by Baha'u'llah, with which, I am firmly convinced, the program of no political party is completely harmonious." (13:4)

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