Kansas Mayor Indicted: Non-Citizen Ballots Cast Three Years Running, Prosecutors Say

Joe Ceballos, the sitting mayor of tiny Coldwater, Kansas, was arrested Wednesday and hit with six felony counts for allegedly voting in municipal and state elections in 2022, 2023 and 2024 while still a Mexican national holding only U.S. permanent-resident status.

Secretary of State Scott Schwab and Attorney General Kris Kobach—both elected Republicans—announced the indictment, charging that Ceballos swore false citizenship oaths on registration forms and cast ballots he was legally barred from touching.

State law requires routine “list-maintenance” sweeps of voter rolls; Kobach, long an immigration hard-liner, says cross-checks against outside databases flagged the mayor, though he concedes the system “isn’t fool-proof.” The AG insists non-citizen voting is “a real and fairly frequent problem,” aligning with GOP claims that ballot security needs tightening.

Court documents reviewed by Fox News Digital show each count—perjury and unlawful voting—carries potential prison time; if convicted on all charges, Ceballos faces more than five years behind bars.