One of just two candidates for treasurer in Alabama’s largest county will not appear on the ballot because she did not turn in required ethics paperwork in time, a judge has ruled.

A state court judge this afternoon ruled that Eyrika Parker, who currently serves as the treasurer of Jefferson County, is not eligible to run for a second term.

“The court has considered the pleadings, testimony, documents, including affidavits, and finds the plaintiff has failed to show she has at least a reasonable chance of success on the merits of her case,” Montgomery County Judge James Anderson wrote this afternoon in his two-paragraph order.

Late last month, Parker was declared ineligible to run in the Democratic primary because she failed to turn in a form to the State Ethics Commission by the qualifying deadline. The form, called a statement of economic interest, includes information about a candidate or public official’s income, assets and other financial interests.

Parker appealed to state court, asking Judge Anderson to allow her to appear on the ballot. During a hearing last week, the judge said that he would not rule in her favor unless she could show that she had at least attempted to access the online system to file her form ahead of the deadline.

In his order today, Anderson said Parker did not have enough evidence.

Still, Parker is not ready to concede.

“Frankly speaking we are considering our options and this is not the end,” her lawyer, Calvin Biggers, told AL.com this afternoon. “We are not foreclosing on any options to keep her on the ballot.”

At the same time, the only other candidate for treasurer, Mara Ruffin Allen, is waiting for another Montgomery County judge to rule whether she can appear on the Democratic primary ballot.

Allen said that late last month that Jefferson County Democratic chairman Wayne Rogers notified her that she couldn’t run in the primary, either, because she had not filed a statement of economic interests by the deadline. She also appealed.

After a hearing in Montgomery last week, Judge Brooke Reid said that she would soon rule on whether Allen can appear on the ballot.

“We believe that the spirit and intent of the law, she has fulfilled,” Allen’s lawyer, Jacquese Antoinette Gary, said during the hearing, noting that her client did log into the portal and received confirmation for doing so ahead of the deadline.

But Allen had not fully completed the form. Once she realized that had not completed the form, she returned to submit it, her lawyer said in court.

Gary said Allen’s actions show that she acted within the sprit of complying with the rules.

“We believe the people of Jefferson County should have a right to determine who sits in that seat,” Gary said. “Instead of allowing this technical issue to affect that, she should be allowed to have her name on the ballot.”

There are no Republicans seeking the position, which means that a sole candidate on the ballot would essentially assure their victory.

If no current candidate is allowed to remain on the ballot, then the Jefferson County Democratic Executive Committee would have to name one.