Update:
http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/03/13/john-kasich-begs-marco-rubio-let-pennsylvania-ballot/John Kasich’s presidential campaign called on Marco Rubio to tell his supporters in Pennsylvania to drop a lawsuit that could keep the Ohio governor off the ballot for the state’s April 26 primary.
Nathaniel Rome, chairman of Pennsylvania Students for Rubio, filed a petition in Pennsylvania court to keep Kasich off the ballot, since he failed to garner the requisite number of signatures to be added. Rome’s lawyer is John Bravacos, the brother of Chris Bravacos, who is chairman of Rubio’s Pennsylvania campaign.
“Senator Rubio should tell his people to drop this suit and to have his super-PAC quit attacking John Kasich in Florida,” Kasich campaign spokesman Rob Nichols told Bloomberg Politics.
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Kasich actually submitted fewer valid signatures than are required. Attorneys for Mr. Kasich and the objector have stipulated that the campaign filed no more than 2,184 signatures with the state, and that 192 of those signatures were not valid.
Kasich's only contention is that the petition was submitted at 5:13pm, making the petition 13 minutes late. But Judge Leadbetter said there does not appear to be a legal precedent determining whether the deadline is 5 p.m. or midnight.
