Government corruption and political charlatans aren’t just for big cities anymore.
Small-town Kansas Mayor Joe Ceballos is facing five years in prison for allegedly voting in several elections as a non-citizen.
Republicans Scott Schwab, Kansas Secretary of State, and Kansas AG Kris Kobach brought the six criminal charges against Ceballos after using a federal database to cross-check voter rolls with immigration records.
Ceballos is the mayor of rural Coldwater and is reportedly a non-citizen but has legal residency in the U.S. He was also a former city councilman.
BREAKING: The Attorney General of Kansas just charged Mayor Jose Ceballos of the City of Coldwater for illegally voting as a noncitizen in several elections.
Not only did he get elected city councilman & mayor as a noncitizen, he also voted. WOW! The six charges come immediately… pic.twitter.com/amhsJJvaZW
— George (@BehizyTweets) November 6, 2025
Kobach has been a longtime supporter of tougher immigration laws and lost a 2018 lawsuit that would require voters to provide documentation of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote.
And here we are.
Kobach did not provide details but claimed there’s “unassailable evidence” that Ceballos is not a U.S. citizen, Fox News reported.
“In large part, our system right now is based on trust, trust that when the person signs the registration or signs the poll books saying that he is a qualified elector or that he is a United States citizen, that the person is telling the truth,” Kobach said. “In this case, we allege that Mr. Ceballos violated that trust.”
Kobach also noted that city officials, including mayors, are required to be U.S. citizens, but this does not qualify as a criminal offense.
News of the wild story made its way to X, where it generated a lot of buzz:
Oh yeah. He needs to get that
— George (@BehizyTweets) November 6, 2025
Which means this is happening more than we are told.
— Owen Blackmer (@OwenBlackmer) November 6, 2025
Bank on it.
This Illegal Minnesota State Representative hasn’t been deported and is still a State Rep…https://t.co/lWyVy9lWhC
— Bill Shepherd… (@MyGSDog_HavoK) November 6, 2025
Maybe I should put this on a spin wheel since you never know which option they’ll choose. pic.twitter.com/lpktLTXqW3
— RavenHaven (@RavenHaven01) November 6, 2025
On to NYC mayor elect please! He lied about not being affiliated with any terrorists groups on his visa application.
— HVAC PROFESSOR (@John70841762881) November 6, 2025
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