***********Constitution Party Mission Statement***********The mission of the Constitution Party is to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity through the election, at all levels of government, of Constitution Party candidates who will uphold the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. It is our goal to limit the federal government to its delegated, enumerated, Constitutional functions and to restore American jurisprudence to its original Biblical common-law foundations.**********************Organization************** *********** The Constitution Party recognizes the National Convention as the highest authority in the national party. The National Convention is held every four years for the purpose of nominating presidential and vice presidential candidates, adopting a national platform, and transacting any other appropriate business.Between National Conventions, the business of the party is conducted by a National Committee consisting of the qualified representatives of the state affiliate parties. The National Committee is the principal governing body of the Constitution Party in all respects not explicitly the domain of the National Convention.Party officers are elected by the National Committee and serve on the Executive Committee. The elected officers include the National Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, and four Area Chairmen and Co-Chairmen.The Area Chairmen and Co-Chairmen represent the geographic areas of the nation. The western area includes the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The mid-western area includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The southern area includes the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. The Eastern Area includes Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, new York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.Each state party affiliate is an independent organization with separate bylaws, elected officers, and party structure.~~~~~~~~****A Brief History of the Constitution Party**** In 1992, a coalition of independent state parties united to form the U.S. Taxpayers Party. The U.S. Taxpayer's Party's goal was to limit the Federal Government to its constitutional boundaries and to restore civil government to the principles our country was founded upon. Some of the state affiliate parties have adopted the national party name, while others have adopted or retained a different name. In 1992, the party’s presidential candidate, Howard Phillips, was on the ballot in 21 states, with Albion Knight Jr. as his running mate. In 1995, the party became the fifth political party to be formally recognized by the Federal Election Commission as a national political party. In 1996 the party achieved ballot access in 39 states, with Howard Phillips as its presidential nominee and Constitutional scholar Herb Titus as its vice-presidential nominee.In 1999, at its national nominating convention for the 2000 elections, convention delegates chose to change the party name to "Constitution Party," believing that the new name better reflected the party’s primary policy approach of enforcing the U.S. Constitution’s provisions and limitations. Also at that convention, Howard Phillips was elected to be the party’s presidential nominee for the 2000 elections. Dr. J. Curtis Frazier of Missouri was selected as his vice-presidential running mate at a meeting of the Party's National Committee over the Labor Day weekend of 2000.In 2004, the Constitution Party nominated Michael Peroutka as its presidential candidate and Chuck Baldwin as his vice-presidential running mate.The challenges our nation faces are dire and pervasive. Therefore, the Constitution Party maintains its focus on identifying, training and preparing candidates for future elections at all levels of government, from the local level on up. In support of this objective and to raise public awareness, the party has built its membership and organization at the state, county and local level.The Constitution Party strongly champions the principles of government laid down by our Founding Fathers in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, principles which have been abandoned by our political establishment. Unlike other political organizations, we do not believe these principles are outdated. We recognize that the Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the land and must be enforced.The proper and lawful division of governmental authority among the Federal, State and local governments was an arrangement that the Founders rightly saw as necessary to preserving freedom and justice. Only after that federal, constitutional order is restored to its proper balance can we reverse America’s slide into lawlessness, corruption and tyranny.The Constitution Party is the only party which is completely pro-life, pro-gun, pro-American sovereignty and independence, and in favor of a strong national defense. It is also the only party that is anti-globalist, anti-free trade, anti-deindustrialization, and anti-unchecked immigration. We also oppose special rights for homosexuals, the constantly increasing expansion of unlawful police laws,and both foreign aid and military interventionism.
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