On August 23, a state court in Denver heard Colorado Libertarian Party v Doty. The issue is whether qualified minor parties may nominate candidates who have not been registered into those parties for an entire year. Major parties have an exemption from the one-year rule. At the hearing, the attorney for the Libertarian Party asked to submit into evidence a letter from the Secretary of State, written in 2002. It said that it is the Secretary of State’s position that relief from the one-year duration of membership also applies to qualified minor parties. The attorney for the county vigorously tried to prevent that letter from being placed into evidence, but the Judge accepted it into evidence. He said he would rule within a week.