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Kansas AG files charges against newly reelected mayor for voting as non-US citizen
Jose "Joe" Ceballos, 54, a two-time city council member, was reelected as mayor this week by the residents of Coldwater, Kansas, population 687.
www.usatoday.com
Attorney General Kris Kobach said Jose Ceballos, 54, is a Mexican citizen with legal permanent residency in the United States but is not a citizen. Ceballos was re-elected as mayor this week by residents of Coldwater, a community of 687 people in southwestern Kansas.
Skip Herd, Coldwater city attorney, told Wichita's KWCH-TV that Ceballos, who he said holds a green card, drew "red flags" by applying for permanent citizenship.
“He’s been a registered voter since 1990," Herd told the news station. "He applied for citizenship in February of this year, and through that, raised the issue of whether he was a legal citizen,” Herd said.