June 8, 2002

For Immediate Release:
Three Constitution Party candidates are filing nomination papers
before the Tuesday, July 9th deadline which will include signatures
collected by out-of-state or out-of-district circulators in direct
violation of the state requirement that petition circulators reside
within the district that the candidate will represent if elected.

Edward J. Frami (Secretary of State), Michael Schultz (6th
Congressional District) and John Clark (Adams County Register of
Deeds) will seek to overturn the requirement on Constitutional
grounds.

"The Supreme Court and Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit have
case law that is very clear." says Daniel Hoyt (Fond du lac), State
Chairman of the Constitution Party of Wisconsin. "This requirement by
the State of Wisconsin is unconstitutional, a violation of the
circulators' and the candidates' First Amendment Rights."

In Meyer vs. Grant, 1988 the U.S. Supreme Court held that petition
circulation is "core political speech," because it involves
"interactive communication concerning political change." The Court
set further precedent in Buckley vs. American Constitutional Law
Foundation(1999) when it struck down a Colorado Law which prohibited
petition circulators who were not registered voters.

In Krislov vs. Rednour (1999), the Court of Appeals for the Seventh
Circuit, of which Wisconsin is part, ruled unconstitutional an
Illinois law that prohibited out of state petitioners. It stated "By
preventing the candidates from employing millions of potential
advocates to carry their political message to the people of Illinois,
the statute places a formidable burden on the candidates' right to
disseminate their message."

The three candidates have requested that the Wisconsin State Elections
Board cease to enforce the in-district requirement based on current
case law. The Board meets July 18 to decide any challenges to the
nomination papers filed for the fall general election.