Editing Universal House of Justice (section)

==Election process==
The Universal House of Justice is elected through secret ballot and plurality vote in a three-stage election by adult Baháʼís throughout the world. The House of Justice is elected without nominations or campaigning and all adult male members of the Baháʼí Faith are eligible for election to the House.{{sfn|World|1995}} The body is elected every five years during a convention of the members of the various [[National Spiritual Assembly|National or Regional Spiritual Assemblies]] (NSAs) across the world. Each member of the various NSAs, who were themselves elected by the Baháʼís of their country, votes for nine adult male Baháʼís. [[Absentee ballot]]s are mailed or carried by delegates. The nine people who have the most votes are elected onto the Universal House of Justice.

In 2013, in addition to those present in Haifa, approximately 400 absentee ballots were cast, taking the total number of ballots cast to over 1500.<ref>http: name=BWC//news.bahai.org/story/950</ref> This election marked the 50th anniversary of the first election of the Universal House of Justice in 1963.<ref name=BWC>{{cite web|title= Baha'is elect Universal House of Justice|author= Bahá'í International Community|publisher= Bahá'í World News Service|date= 2013-04-29|accessdate= 2013-05-01|url= http://news.bahai.org/story/950|archive-date= 2023-05-05|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230505225816/https://news.bahai.org/story/950|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="2013election">{{cite news | title = Universal House of Justice Elected | date = 2013-04-30 | accessdate = 2013-04-30 | publisher = Bahá’í World News Service | url = http://news.bahai.org/story/951 | author = Bahá’í International Community | archive-date = 2023-07-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230706040742/https://news.bahai.org/story/951 | url-status = live }}</ref>

The most recent full election was on 29 April 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-29 |title=13th International Convention: Representatives from 176 countries cast ballots to elect Universal House of Justice {{!}} BWNS |url=https://news.bahai.org/story/1658/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Bahá’í World News Service |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521194517/https://news.bahai.org/story/1658/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=i24NEWS |date=2023-05-01 |title=Over 1,300 representatives convene from 170 countries for Baha'i convention in Israel |url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/culture/1682942056-over-1-300-representatives-convene-from-170-countries-for-baha-i-convention-in-israel |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=I24news |language=en |archive-date=2023-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717122641/https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/culture/1682942056-over-1-300-representatives-convene-from-170-countries-for-baha-i-convention-in-israel |url-status=live }}</ref>