JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has used new power granted to his office by legislators this year to charge three voters with illegally casting ballots while voting in another state.
Details of two cases filed by Kobach’s office in the Kansas City area’s Johnson County and one in northwest Kansas’ Sherman County became public Tuesday. They were filed late Friday.
Kobach’s office filed 10 criminal charges in Sherman County against 64-year-old Lincoln L. Wilson. Officials in Kansas and Colorado said Wilson voted in both in 2010, 2012 and 2014.
In Johnson County, Kobach’s office filed three misdemeanor charges each against 61-year-old Steven K. Gaedtke, and his 61-year-old wife, Betty. Election officials said they voted in both Kansas and Arkansas in 2010.
None of the defendants immediately returned telephone messages.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office has filed three criminal election fraud cases in two counties alleging people voted in Kansas while doing so in another state.
One case in Sherman County alleges a man voted in elections there in 2010, 2012 and 2014. Records obtained Tuesday from Colorado officials show the man voted there at the same time.
Kobach’s office also filed two criminal cases in Johnson County, alleging that an Olathe couple voted there in 2010 when they weren’t qualified. Kobach said the couple also voted in Arkansas.
The cases are the first under a new law giving Kobach’s office the authority to prosecute election fraud. The cases were filed Friday.
Kobach said double voting is a serious crime that undermines the principle of one person, one vote.
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TOPEKA (AP) — Secretary of State Kris Kobach says his office has filed three criminal election fraud cases in two counties alleging people voted in Kansas while doing so in another state.
Kobach confirmed Tuesday that his office filed two cases in Johnson County in the Kansas City area and one case in Sherman County in northwest Kansas.
The cases were filed Friday. Copies of the complaints were not available immediately.
Kobach told the Associated Press that each complaint deals with alleged double-voting incidents in 2010.
Kobach said the Johnson County cases were filed against a married couple and alleges each also voted in Arkansas. The Sherman County case alleges a man who voted there also voted in Colorado.
They’re the first cases filed under a new law giving Kobach’s office prosecutorial powers.