Kansas mayor charged with voter fraud; AG expects more cases

TOPEKA — The mayor of a small south-central Kansas town has been charged with committing fraud by voting in elections since 2022 even though he is not a United States citizen, the state’s attorney general and secretary of state said Nov. 5.

Attorney General Kris Kobach said Joe Ceballos, who garnered nearly 83% of the vote Nov. 4 for a second term as Coldwater mayor, was charged with three counts of voting without being qualified and three counts of election perjury. Both are felony offenses.