Kansas Mayor arrested right after winning his own election

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach made headlines Wednesday by announcing election fraud charges against Coldwater Mayor Jose (Joe) Ceballos, just a day after his re-election. Ceballos, 54, faces three counts of voting without qualification and three counts of election perjury in Comanche County, non-person felonies that could result in over five years of prison time. “Our system is largely built on trust—trust that when someone signs the registration or pollbooks claiming to be a qualified elector or U.S. citizen, they are being truthful,” Kobach stated. Ceballos is a permanent U.S. resident but remains a Mexican citizen.