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Articles of Incorporation

 

Articles of Incorporation of Campaign Constitution

 

THE UNDERSIGNED, a person acting as incorporator under the Colorado Nonprofit Corporation Act, adopts the following Articles of Incorporation for the Corporation described herein.

 

1. Name.  The name of the corporation is Campaign Constitution.

 

2. Purpose.  The purpose of the corporation is primarily to engage in the promotion of the common good and general welfare of the people of the United States by facilitating amendments to the U.S. Constitution designed to enhance the freedom of U.S. citizens and restrict the pernicious consequences of increasing unbridled power in the U.S. Congress.

 

3. Term.  The corporation shall have perpetual existence.

 

4. Members.  The corporation shall have as its members those persons or entities who choose to become members on terms established by the corporation.  Voting members, if any be established, shall be entitled to vote by ballot as provided in C.R.S. §7-127-109 on all matters for which ballot voting is permitted by Colorado law.  A majority of the voting power of members either at a meeting or by ballot shall be the act of the corporation provided a quorum is present at a meeting or, if the question is presented by ballot, the number of votes cast by ballot equals or exceeds the quorum required to be present at a meeting authorizing the action.  Cumulative voting of members is denied.

 

5. Board of Directors.  The property, affairs, and business of the corporation shall be managed and conducted by the Board of Directors.  The number of directors shall be established by action of the Board of Directors.  The initial members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed by the Incorporator and shall serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified.  The Board of Directors shall have authority to amend these Articles of Incorporation as provided by law.

 

6. Property.  The title to and ownership of all money or property given or distributed to the corporation shall be vested in the corporation and shall be managed by its Board of Directors and no member shall have any right or interest in the property of said corporation, or any part thereof. 

 

7. Restrictions.  No part of the net earnings of this corporation shall inure to the benefit of any member, private shareholder, or individual except the corporation may pay reasonable compensation for services provided.  Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, the corporation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code nor, except to an insubstantial degree, engage in any activities or exercises any powers that are not in furtherance of the purposes of this corporation.

 

8. Dissolution.  Upon the dissolution of the corporation, its assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the federal government, or to a state or local government, for a public purpose.  Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by a court of competent jurisdiction of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organizations, as said court shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such specified purposes.

 

9. Registered Agent and Office.  The address of the initial registered office of the Corporation is 415 East Main Street, PO Box 5266, Buena Vista, Colorado 81211.  The name of its initial registered agent at such address is John M. Cogswell who consents to such appointment by his signature below.

 

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/s/John M. Cogswell

 

10. Initial Principal Office.  The address of the initial principal office of the corporation is 415 East Main Street, PO Box 5266, Buena Vista, Colorado 81211.

 

11. Name and Address of Incorporator.  The name and address of the incorporator is:

John M. Cogswell

PO Box 5266

Buena Vista, CO   81211

 

SIGNED this _______ day of November, 2009.

 

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/s/ John M. Cogswell,Incorporator