PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION:
Eau Claire County is an important center of higher education, medical care, retailing, agriculture, and manufacturing. The Eau Claire County Democratic Party has a responsibility to work to influence public policy at local, state, and national levels to ensure freedom and economic opportunity for all citizens.
In order to reaffirm and ensure a government truly “of the people, by the people, and for the people”, we are committed to a democratic system in which citizens are empowered, participation is encouraged, and all votes are counted.
We support equal rights for all citizens, and individual freedom of choice in matters of personal philosophy and personal health. Government’s role in these matters should be to ensure individual rights.
We believe that well-funded, effective public education is vital to individual development, to a thriving economy, and to the exercise of democracy.
We advocate a system of health care that will provide quality care for all citizens.
We envision an economy with full employment at a living wage, with equitable labor-management relationships.
We have a duty to help preserve our natural environment, conserve resources, and promote development of safe and renewable energy sources.
We believe that our government should affirm and support human rights locally, nationally, and globally. We must maintain a military capable of defending our country.
We seek to promote for public office candidates who are fair-minded, knowledgeable, and dedicated to the principle that government exists to serve all people.
We unite ourselves to accomplish the above by the provisions of this constitution.
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