The short-lived candidacy of Lent C. Carr II came to a swift end today when the Wake County elections board ruled that his status as a felon makes him ineligible to run for a seat on the Raleigh City Council.

Carr’s name will be removed from the Oct. 11 ballot following a unanimous vote by a three-member elections panel, which needed less than five minutes to reach its decision.

Carr, imprisoned last week for violating the conditions of his parole for a 2000 fraud conviction, did not attend the hearing. But the former minister signaled through a representative that he will fight to keep his candidacy alive.