Kansas Attorney General, Kris Kobach, has filed election fraud charges against Jose Ceballos, the mayor of Coldwater, Kansas. Kobach says Cabellos is not a U. S. citizen, so he is ineligible to hold office. Also, it is against the law in Kansas to vote if you are not a U. S. citizen. Kobach and Secretary of State, Scott Schwab, allege that Ceballos did it multiple times.
Ceballos faces three counts of voting without being qualified and three counts of election perjury. The charges are non person felonies, and Ceballos could face more than 5 years in prison. Kobach says voting by noncitizens, including both legal and illegal aliens, is a very real problem. He added that every time a non citizen votes, it effectively cancels out a U. S. citizen’s vote.
State law generally requires that candidates for elected city office must be a qualified elector, or eligible to vote, and be a resident of the city. However, cities have home rule power. It will be up to the city attorney to decide whether Ceballos is eligible to continue in his role as mayor.
