About the Chairman Andrew Allen Zuelke Born: November 3, 1968 in Madison WI My life while in the Constitution Party of Wisconsin: September 17, 2001: I joined the Constitution Party of Wisconsin (CPoW) after visiting the party’s fair booth at the Waushara County Fair. August 2005: I succeed Jose Figueroa as the second chairman of the Public Relations Committee. December 2005: With the advice and help of state party chairman Randy Hamby, I created and edited The Talon, the official bi-monthly, then quarterly newsletter of CPoW. April 2007: At our party’s state convention in Milwaukee, I became a State Committee officer co-representing congressional district 6. July 2007: At the State Committee meeting in Portage, I was chosen by the state committee officers to fill the vacancy in the 1st Vice Chairman’s position, working with then chairman Tim Farness. September 17, 2007: I was the featured speaker for the first Constitution Day Event sponsored by the Milwaukee County affiliate of the party, held in Brookfield. After the dinner, I delivered a speech to the CDE attendees asking them, “Are You Constitutionally Correct?” January 2008: At the State Committee meeting in Wisconsin Rapids, my nomination was taken for a full term to 1st Vice Chairman. April 2008: At the party’s state convention in Wisconsin Rapids, member attendees elected me to a full term as 1st Vice Chairman. July 1, 2008: Chairman Farness stepped down as state committee chairman and being 1st Vice Chairman, I immediately stepped into the post and became the new state committee chairman of CPoW. July 12, 2008: At a State Committee meeting held in Ripon, the state committee officers officially approved my chairmanship. July to September 3rd, 2008: With the help of many in the party and friends outside the party, I coordinated the effort to place Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin on the ballot in Wisconsin with a signature collection drive. On September 2nd, I submitted the forms at the Government Accountability Board in Madison before the 5 pm deadline that day. On September 3rd, I contacted the GAB who confirmed that Chuck Baldwin and Darrell Castle will be on the November 2008 ballot. April 18, 2009: At our state convention in Milwaukee, I was elected to a full two-year term as State Committee Chairman.

My goals for this state affiliate of the Constitution Party:

1) To organize this party on the local level so that we can better network with constitutional conservatives in those areas of the state mainly in the form of regular monthly or even by-monthly meet-ups, promote our state affiliate locally especially through fair booths, hold local fundraisers, and garner media attention

2) To promote ourselves to such a point voters no longer ask our candidates or party members, “Constitution Party? What’s that?” but that voters will now say, “Constitution Party? Oh, yes, I’ve heard of you people.”

3) To build this party to such a level that constitutional conservatives see the Constitution Party as a viable alternative to the Republican Party and so voters will now think, “If I vote Republican it will split the vote up and the Democrats will get in so I better vote Constitutionalist.”

4) To increase the Constitution Party of Wisconsin’s membership, but only with like-minded people so our platform won’t be compromised by those who will seek to come into our party who don’t agree with our platform planks so we are not divided from within like the Republicans are.

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Why I joined the Constitution Party of Wisconsin:

In 2000 I proudly voted for CP presidential candidate Michael Peroutka. I voted the way I did for the same reason I joined CPoW: I believe the Constitution Party best reflects my fiscal, political but especially my social values. I had already given the Republicans enough of my support and votes over my voting life, hoping that “if I stay with the Republicans just a little while longer, they will start electing conservative candidates who once in office would support and defend the Bill of Rights.” When I realized the Republican Party cared more for winning elections and not for defending my rights once in power, I could no longer give them my vote as a vote is a visible demonstration of one’s beliefs.

I could have voted Constitution Party without being a member, but as an ideas-driven person I felt that it was better for me to be a member of the party, thinking my ideas would more likely be acted on as an actual member than if they just came from an outsider proposing them. Also, my belief in the CPoW platform was so solid, that I felt they are so constitutionally correct that it was a natural fit for me to fellowship with them.

I have no reason to believe there are enough constitutional champions left in the GOP to return them to the original intent of the Founding Fathers. I see clearly that nearly all elected Republicans will sacrifice the Bill of Rights, my Bill of Rights, if that’s what it will take for them to buy votes by increasing government to maintain their careers in politics. If individual Americans lose their individual rights, the “great experiment” is dead. If we lose our sovereignty, America is dead. Thomas Jefferson said, “It is the natural order of things for government to grow and liberty to yield.” He knew full well you cannot have both big federal government and liberty. One will yield to the other. I joined this party because my choice is to have liberty.

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