Rick Santorum was interviewed on March 19 on Fox & Friends. Watch the 5-minute interview here. In the fourth minute, Santorum is asked if he now wishes he had challenged Mitt Romney’s petitions in Illinois. The interviewers say that Romney could have been kept off the Republican presidential primary ballot in Illinois because he used a Massachusetts notary. Santorum says he does not approve of ballot challenges and advocates ballot access rules that do not disqualify legitimate candidates.

The Republican Party has complete control of Pennsylvania state government, and has been bottling up ballot access reform for the last year. It would be quite helpful if Santorum would use his influence in his home state’s party, and endorse the ballot access reform bill, SB 21. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.