ST. PETERSBURG- City Hall has already counted him out, but activist Alex Haak said he is still running for mayor.

Haak, who filed to run for mayor in April, said the City Clerk's office made an error Monday in determining that he had not turned in the proper paperwork to qualify to run for office.

"I don't understand," Haak said. "I gave them all those papers."

His name was not included on a final list of candidates sent out by the clerk's office after business hours Monday.

Haak said he would bring it up with City Hall this week.

"I sure as heck don't want to pull out," said Haak.

UPDATE: City Clerk Eva Andujar said she told Haak last week he needed to submit a form that stated he had turned in his financial disclosure forms to the state. He never did. She then left a message for him Friday advising him that he still needed to turn in the form. She never heard back from Haak.

Cristina Silva, Times staff writer