On February 22, the Arkansas Senate passed HB 1532. It had passed the House on February 16. It eases the deadline for a newly-qualifying party to nominate non-presidential candidates, from November of the year before the election, to May of the election year. Assuming the Governor signs it, it will moot the Libertarian Party ballot access lawsuit that is now pending in the Eighth Circuit. The party had won the case in U.S. District Court last year, but the state had appealed. But the appeal will have no purpose, when HB 1532 is signed.