A hearing on Carroll County prosecuting attorney Tony Rogers’ petition seeking the annulment of Beau Zar Satori’s certification as a candidate for mayor of Eureka Springs was continued last week in Carroll County Circuit Court.

A new hearing was scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, after the press deadline for this week’s issue of the Citizen.

The petition, filed Tuesday, Oct. 4, names Satori and the Carroll County Election Commission as defendants. It asks the court to order the election commission to annul Satori’s certification as a candidate and to refrain from certifying any votes cast for Satori.The version of the petition available to the public is heavily redacted.

“Pursuant to the provisions of [Redacted], Respondent Satori may not file as a candidate for, run for, or hold elected office in any city or municipality in the State of Arkansas,” the petition says.

The petition notes that the election commission has already prepared the ballot for the Nov. 8 general election.

“… (T)he only means of preventing any votes cast for Respondent Satori from taking effect … would be to have Respondent Board annul his certification and refrain from certifying, or tabulate but set aside, any votes cast by electors for Respondent Satori,” the petition says.

Satori is among three challengers to Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry’s bid for a third term in office. The other candidates are Brandon Cox and Tracy Johnson.