Coldwater, Kansas mayor has been charged with allegedly voting as a non-citizen in multiple elections, and illegally serving as mayor.
Kansas Republican Secretary of State Scott Schwab and Attorney General Kris Kobach said Wednesday that they filed six charges in Comanche County against Coldwater Mayor Joe Ceballos.
The New York Post reported that Ceballos is a permanent resident from Mexico and illegally voted in elections in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
In 2018, he lost a high-profile federal lawsuit after attempting to enforce a state law that required voters to provide physical documentation of US citizenship when registering to vote. So, he voted anyway.
Kobach said city officials, such as mayors, are also required by law to be US citizens.
The mayor’s charges include perjury and voting without being qualified, and carries a maximum penalty of more than five years in prison.
Ceballos previously served as a city councilman.
Throw the book at him to set an example. It’s the only way to help bring the rights of citizenship back.
BREAKING – The mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, Jose Ceballos, has been revealed to be a foreign national who not only got elected while not being a citizen, but has also been voting in federal and state elections since at least 2022. pic.twitter.com/udkdUaD23t
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) November 6, 2025
This can’t be true! Democrats have reliably told me that election fraud doesn’t happen.