[613] What are the ten righteous takings of voting tickets (salākagāha)?
1. The legal issue (adhikaraṇa) is not a trifling matter;
2. it has run its full course;
3. it has been remembered and has been made to be remembered;
4. he knows, "The speakers of Dhamma are the majority";
5. he knows, "It may well be that the speakers of Dhamma will prove the majority";
6. he knows, "The Saṅgha will not be divided";
7. he knows, "It may well be that the Saṅgha will not be divided";
8. they take [the tickets] in accordance with the Dhamma;
9. they take them in concord;
10. and they take them according to their own view.
These are the ten righteous takings of voting tickets.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.