Arkansas SB 276 was on the agenda for Tuesday, February 26, in the Senate State Agencies & Government Affairs Committee.  For the fourth time in a row, though, the sponsor, Senator Trent Garner, did not bring it up.   The bill is important for ballot access.  The bill as presently written would move the petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties from January of the election year to November of the year before the election.  Both deadlines are unconstitutional, based on precedents from Arkansas federal courts in 1977 and 1996.  It will be interesting to see what happens to the bill when it finally begins to move ahead.