The Tenth Circuit will hear oral arguments in Riddle v Hickenlooper, 13-1108, on September 26, 2013, at 9 a.m., in Denver. This is the case that challenges unequal contribution limits in Colorado. Colorado law says an individual may donate $400 to a legislative candidate who is nominated in a primary, but only $200 to a legislative candidate who is nominated by convention (i.e., a typical minor party candidate), or by petition (i.e., an independent candidate), or a write-in candidate.

The U.S. District Court had upheld the unequal contribution limits, even though the U.S. Supreme Court in Davis v Federal Election Commission ruled that unequal contribution limits for all candidates for a particular office are unconstitutional.

This particular case was filed on behalf of Joelle Riddle, who wanted to donate $400 to Kathleen Curry, a write-in candidate in 2010. Curry was a viable candidate, who wanted to be on the ballot as an independent, but a restrictive Colorado ballot access law kept her off the ballot because she had too recently been a registered Democrat. She was the incumbent.

Public Policy Polling released this poll on July 25, surveying the major party presidential races. For the first time, Rand Paul is leading, although the Republican field is very splintered and no one has more than 16% support.

Los Angeles County, California, keeps a running total of how many registered voters there are in each qualified party on its web page. See here.

Between July 7 and July 26, the number of registered voters in the county declined, probably because the county is doing a purge. The number of registered voters in each qualified party (except the Peace & Freedom Party) declined between those dates, and the number of registered independents also declined. However, the number of Peace & Freedom Party registrants increased by 2,594 voters. This is because the party is doing a registration drive.