Edward Joseph Manley III wants to run for Jefferson County sheriff. He was sentenced to seven years in prison.
State law prohibits anyone convicted of a felony from holding elective office.
He listed a Hillsboro address on his filing form but provided a phone number at the Super 8 Hotel in Pevely. A hotel spokeswoman said he had checked out. Nixon's office filed suit in Jefferson County Circuit Court earlier this week seeking a writ of prohibition to prevent county clerk Eleanor Koch Rehm from placing Manley's name on the ballot. The case will be heard Wednesday before presiding circuit judge M. Edward Williams in Hillsboro. Under law, Rehm must include a candidate's name on the ballot unless ordered otherwise by a judge.