On September 19, the Arkansas Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee again did not take up SB 276, the bill to move the primary for all office from May to March.  The author, State Senator Trent Garner, wants to amend it again.  Perhaps he is preparing an amendment concerning the petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties.  Without the amendment, if SB 276 passed, the petition deadline would automatically go from January of the election year (which has already been declared unconstitutionally early) to November of the year before the election.