The Baha'i Studies Listserv I just saw this: 'The National Spiritual Assembly is delighted to advise that, after considering the outcomes of the ballots held for Local Spiritual Assembly members, and with the valuable support and views of the Counsellors in Australia, it has appointed the Regional Bahá'í Councils that will serve for the year commencing 26 November, 2012.' While there is a vote, the will of the voters doesn't have to be respected. Is this the case just in Australia, or in other countries?
If it's the case in other countries then I don't see how it's keeping with the spirit of the Faith. Shoghi Effendi talks about the freedom of the voter to choose whomever they believe to be best. I respect the right of anyone to vote for whom they consider best and even would if I thought they made poor choices in who they voted for. Why doesn't the NSA just accept the results of the vote even if they don't think there were enough young people, minorities, new members etc. If they don't think people are voting well I think education is the solution, not ignoring voting results they don't like. Or is it okay because this is an appointed body? If a straight vote doesn't count they may as well not have a vote at all. Regards, David __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-675209-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
