“a Bahá'í in good standing cannot marry a Bahá'í who has lost his voting rights” - 25 February 1976

A Bahá'í deprived of his voting rights cannot be married in a Bahá'í marriage ceremony; a Bahá'í in good standing cannot marry a Bahá'í who has lost his voting rights; the marriage of a Bahá'í who has lost his voting rights does not fall within the jurisdiction of a Bahá'í administrative institution.

In other words, Bahá'ís who have lost their voting rights cannot be constrained to Bahá'í administrative requirements although their consciences should lead them to act as closely to the standards and ordinances of Bahá'í life as possible. 

- The Universal House of Justice (Letter dated February 25, 1976 to a National Spiritual Assembly; cited by the International Teaching Center; compilations: ‘Lights of Guidance’)

Baha’i wedding: any other ceremony should take place “within one twenty-four hour period” - 17 February 1976

As to cases involving another ceremony in addition to the Bahá'í one, the friends should bear in mind that according to Bahá'í Law the consummation of the marriage must take place within twenty-four hours of the Bahá'í marriage ceremony. If other marriage ceremonies are to be held in addition to the Bahá'í one, all the ceremonies must precede consummation of the marriage and, together with the consummation fall within one twenty-four hour period. Naturally any requirements of civil law as to the order in which the ceremonies should be held must be observed. 

The Universal House of Justice (From a letter to the International Teaching Center, February 17, 1976; compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)

“a National Spiritual Assembly must operate from its National Haziratu'l-Quds”; “National Secretary to reside close to, if not in the National Haziratu'l-Quds itself” - 9 February 1976

The first principle which has been established is that a National Spiritual Assembly must operate from its National Haziratu'l-Quds, which is the official Seat of the National Spiritual Assembly. During the early formative years of the Faith and the building up of the Administrative Order it has been permitted in certain instances for the National Secretary to reside away from the city in which the National Haziratu'l-Quds is located, but in these cases the principle has always been enforced that the National Spiritual Assembly itself operated from its proper address at the National Haziratu'l-Quds ... The aim should be to overcome this anomaly and for your National Secretary to reside close to, if not in the National Haziratu'l-Quds itself. Inevitably the day will come when it will be necessary for your National Secretary to devote his entire time to the service of the National Spiritual Assembly and it will then be imperative for the Secretary to operate from the Haziratu'l-Quds. 

- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Dominican Republic, February 9, 1976; compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)