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.