The Watchtower, “Subjection to the Higher Powers”
“the Christian witnesses conscientiously refrain from taking part in the politics of this world, yes, even from voting. … they consider it improper to exercise the democratic vote by which unconsecrated persons are put into worldly political offices.”
The article states the general refusal to vote, then provides for countries where voting is compulsory: Witnesses may register, go to the polls and enter the booth, and ‘it is not our responsibility to instruct them what to do with the ballot’.
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Nota de procedencia y verificación for The Watchtower, Subjection to the Higher Powers
Nota de confianza. Article opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026. Paragraph 21 precedes the page 446 marker and paragraph 24 follows it; the article runs pp. 439-448. The same issue is already in the ledger as src-w-1950-1115-subjection-higher-powers for a different passage.
Corroborado por. src-chg-p-w-1999-1101-qfr-voting
Notes. The 1999 answer quotes this article’s compulsory-voting paragraph and gives its pages as 445 and 446, which matches the page markers.
Consultado. 19 de septiembre de 2026 · Identificador de la fuente. src-chg-p-w-1950-1115-voting