The Baha'i Studies Listserv And keeping your vote a secret helps you not getting drawn into a partisan political debate.
Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: Jeanine H. <jeanin...@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:30:32 To: Baha'i Studies<bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> Subject: Re: Political views The Baha'i Studies Listserv Thanks, Iskandar. Altho' I could be wrong about the original questioner's intent, there is absolutely no question of the *legality* of choosing to keep your vote a secret i(n the U.S.). Additionally, you could perfectly well lie and no one would know the difference. I interpreted the question to be one about whether *Baha'is* should not reveal their vote; whether doing so would be a tacit participation in the partisan politics forbidden by the Faith. Other countries, no doubt, have other issues involved. Jeanine On 3/31/2010 10:20 AM, Iskandar Hai, M.D. wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > I'm talking about civil law, here in the U.S. of America. If you want to keep > your vote a secret, the American civil law allows you to keep it a secret and > protects you. If you want to reveal your vote, you can do so and you have not > violated any American civil law. The choice is yours, and yours only. No one > and no government agency or court can force you to divulge your vote, here in > these United States of America. > > Best regards, > Iskandar > > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeanine H.<jeanin...@earthlink.net> > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:06:31 > To: Baha'i Studies<bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> > Subject: Re: Political views > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > I agree that we are probably not obliged to keep it a secret, because > I've not yet seen in the Writings that there is such a specified > obligation. Exercising wisdom by choosing not to reveal it is a > different matter. I have seen people "typecast" because they revealed > their vote, and I usually don't find that helpful in teaching the Faith > (particularly in the current, highly-partisan atmosphere in the U.S.). > IMO only. > > Jeanine > > On 3/31/2010 9:45 AM, Iskandar Hai, M.D. wrote: > >> The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> >> You have no obligation to divulge your vote. It's your choice. Nobody will >> prosecute you if you do voluntarily reveal your own (secret) vote. But you >> cannot be coerced to divulge your vote. >> >> Best regards, >> Iskandar >> >> Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Susan Maneck<sman...@gmail.com> >> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:40:23 >> To: Baha'i Studies<bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> >> Subject: Re: Political views >> >> The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> >> >>> Your vote is secret. You do not have to divulge your vote to any person or >>> agency, etc. >>> >>> >> I don't know that we are obliged to keep it a secret, however. >> >> >> >> > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:iskan...@buffalo.edu > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-496281-249...@list.jccc.edu > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > 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/bahai...@list.jccc.net > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > > > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:%%emailaddr%% > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:%%email.unsub%% > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/%%list.name%% > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:iskan...@buffalo.edu Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-496315-249...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu 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/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:%%emailaddr%% Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:%%email.unsub%% Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/%%list.name%% Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
