“I feel I must reaffirm the vital importance and necessity of
the right of voting—a sacred responsibility of which no adult
recognized believer should be deprived, unless he is associated
with a community that has not as yet been in a position to
establish a Local Assembly. This distinguishing right which
the believer possesses, however, does not carry with it nor does
it imply an obligation to cast his vote, if he feels that the
circumstances under which he lives do not justify or allow
him to exercise that right intelligently and with understanding.
This is a matter which should be left to the individual to decide
himself according to his own conscience and discretion.”