(ABCLOCAL.GO) — An Indiana elections official said Monday that GOP presidential contender Rick Santorum still lacks the signatures needed to make it onto the state’s May primary ballot.

Santorum has questioned Marion County’s decision to throw out 49 signatures. But Cindy Mowery, Republican member of Marion County Board of Voter Registration, said the signatures are still invalid.

“I don’t think any of these signatures that they brought in matter,” Mowery said. As of Monday afternoon, Mowery said she had not done a thorough review of the signatures, but she said she talked with Santorum campaign lawyers in the morning and based on their arguments decided the county’s earlier decision to disqualify him for the ballot would likely stand.