Rep. Steve Watkins, R-Kansas 2nd

UPDATE: Shawnee County DA says he is requesting sheriff’s office investigate voter fraud allegation against Watkins#ksleg https://t.co/G4hxTVuzn9

— Jonathan Shorman (@jonshorman) December 4, 2019

Shawnee County’s district attorney said Wednesday he will conduct a preliminary inquiry into whether a Kansas congressman voted illegally in Topeka’s city election last month.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Tuesday that Rep. Steve Watkins, R-Kansas, changed his voter registration in August to the address of a UPS store in Topeka. The address, located in Topeka’s 8th City Council District, was the one he used in November’s election when the winner of the council race was decided by just 13 votes.

The revelation immediately sparked calls for an investigation into whether the congressman had committed voter fraud, which Kansas has aggressively prosecuted in recent years.