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Is John Kasich About To Be Kicked Off the Ballot In Pennsylvania?
Red State ^ | March 7, 2016 | Streiff

Posted on 03/07/2016 7:11:13 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

If not, then he's at least got to go to court to defend himself:

A University of Pennsylvania student is trying to have Republican presidential candidate John Kasich removed from the state's primary ballot.

Nathaniel Rome, a Penn sophomore and chairman of the Pennsylvania Students for Rubio network, has petitioned Commonwealth Court to remove Kasich from the April 26 primary election ballot, alleging that the Ohio governor did not meet the statutory requirement of at least 2,000 signatures on his nominating petition.

Rome, a resident of Strafford, Chester County, contends in his court filing that as many as 802 of the 2,184 signatures on the Kasich petition are invalid or ineligible, for multiple reasons.

Specifically, Rome claims that many of the signatures of Kasich's electors do not match the signatures of their voter registration cards. Other electors, he says, are either not registered to vote, are not registered in the specified district or are not registered as Republicans. In several instances, the petition challenges illegible signatures or handwriting that appears to belong to third parties other than the stated elector.

As a result, Rome is asking the court to set aside Kasich's nominating petition and remove him from the state's April 26 primary ballot.

A court will hear the case on March 9.

The odds of the claim being true are astronomically high. So high we could call them a certainty. Establishment types don't really think the rules apply to them. Why would Kasich bother with anything more than a pro forma nod in the direction of election laws? But will this be sufficient to get Kasich knocked off the ticket? If the GOP were actually run like a political party that had the needs and desires of the party membership foremost, then, yes. But this isn't an imaginary GOP that we're talking about. It is a oligarchic GOP that resists change with ever fiber of its being and exists solely for the enrichment of the insiders and consultants. So the answer is no.


TOPICS: Pennsylvania; Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: kasich; pa2016; pennsylvania; rubio; yeshavesome

1 posted on 03/07/2016 7:11:13 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

...what a shame, Kasich had the nomination sewed up until this happened.


2 posted on 03/07/2016 7:14:52 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Where was this kid in ‘08 and ‘12?


3 posted on 03/07/2016 7:15:16 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Would anybody miss him?


4 posted on 03/07/2016 7:16:36 PM PST by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: bgill

In the school cafeteria?


5 posted on 03/07/2016 7:17:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What?!!

Does that mean NO hug for me?

I’m crushed.


6 posted on 03/07/2016 7:21:06 PM PST by PennsylvaniaMom ( Just because you are paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s not the party that makes the decision - it’s a court, no?


7 posted on 03/07/2016 7:23:38 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who’s paying this student? He’s doing some seriously far reaching work here. Maybe Marco’s money men are paying for the student’s rent and book fees.


8 posted on 03/07/2016 7:26:52 PM PST by lee martell
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To: bgill

Really


9 posted on 03/07/2016 7:28:15 PM PST by thinden
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder how they would resolve this. Technically, the primary is for the GOP to select delegates to the convention, and they would normally be the final arbiter of whether or not a candidate met the requirements. In fact, they are not even required to hold a primary or to have any filing requirements. It is a little different that the general election, which the state does have an interest in setting the qualifications to be on the ballot.


10 posted on 03/07/2016 7:33:02 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: bgill

Where were we doing this?


11 posted on 03/07/2016 7:33:24 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

Complaining about it on FR and sitting back letting someone else take the reins.


12 posted on 03/07/2016 7:45:13 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wow! A Ted State article I agree with!


13 posted on 03/07/2016 8:22:35 PM PST by datura (Proud Infidel)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Having gone through this in two states Illinos and Wisconsin . You have time limits set for petition challanges looks like he met those because it is going to a hearing. Still may not pass muster. Sounds like round tableimg. That means subpoenas and afidavits and money to do this eh ? Sounds like big money is behind this no who do we know who has big money ?


14 posted on 03/07/2016 8:31:58 PM PST by mosesdapoet (My best insights get lost in FR's becaus e of meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Funny. The right side of his head looks a little dented it.
Like he’s taken a few right hooks.


15 posted on 03/07/2016 8:36:11 PM PST by Slambat
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To: CA Conservative

Are you sure? As I understand it, the taxpayers are paying for the primary, not the party. The party typically pays for a caucus so the rules are a little looser.


16 posted on 03/08/2016 4:56:15 PM PST by scrabblehack
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