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MONTEZUMA — This teeny town at a dirt-street dead end high in the mountains of Summit County has long been included on lists of Colorado ghost towns. But lately, political set-tos are proving that there's still a lot of life in this historic mining community. 
  
 The mayoral and town board election — that only coincidentally took place on April Fools Day — has blown up into a full-on political tempest of micro proportions. It has sparked a voter fraud investigation. 
  
 "I guess it was hard for some people to not treat it like an election for class president," said new Montezuma Mayor Lesley Davis, who edged her across-the-street neighbor by three votes. 
  
 The election was the first here with contested races in more than a quarter of a century. It drew an unprecedented dozen candidates from among the town's 65 residents. The problem arose because 13 of the 51 voters and two of the candidates allegedly aren't really full-time residents of Montezuma and thus are not qualified to vote or run for office there. 
  
 The matter has been turned over to the 5th Judicial District Attorney's office to determine whether any voters committed perjury or knowingly violated criminal law. The new town officials took their oaths of office Tuesday, but if the investigation finds fraud and some votes are negated, it could result in a town-governance shake-up. 
  
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 The problem began before election day. A new town clerk was "hornswoggled" — as her husband puts it — into taking on the duty even though her full-time job as an elementary school kitchen manager had not prepared her for running an election. 
  
 From the start, Helen Moorman had her hands more than full. She wasn't given the statutorily required 60 days to start the election process. And she didn't know what to do with more than 100 signatures on candidate petitions when there are only 57 registered voters in the town and no voter is supposed to sign more than one petition. 
  
 But the election went forward, and voters trooped into the drafty, 300-square-foot log cabin that serves as the town hall. Some residents had learned that second-home owners were planning to vote. Those residents notified them that their votes would be challenged and that they would have to sign affidavits swearing that they reside in Montezuma. 
  
 "The people who live up in the trees that we never see" is the way Davis describes them. She cites their snow-clogged, unplowed driveways as proof they don't live there. 
  
 "Some of them I didn't even recognize," said poll-watcher Laura Johnson, who thought she knew everyone in town. 
  
 Montezuma, which sits at 10,200 feet 5 miles above Keystone, wouldn't seem to have much fodder for this kind of political intrigue. It has a single stop sign, about 30 homes and four cottage industries. The biggest controversies in recent decades have centered on parking, snow and dogs. 
  
 The new mayor said she thinks fear over possible property-tax increases drove more of the second-home owners to vote than usual. 
  
 If she retains her seat after the investigation, she has big plans to improve Montezuma. They include parking and street signs, less spending on contract lawyers and a large town picnic — for residents and second-home owners alike. 
  
 Nancy Lofholm: 970-256-1957, nlofholm@denverpost.com or twitter.com/nlofholm ||||| "I Voted" stickers are seen in this file photo. The town of Montezuma is suing all 61 of its voters. (The Denver Post file) 
  
 Voting is supposed be a right and a privilege. But in the pint-sized, high-mountain town of Montezuma it also has become grounds for a lawsuit. 
  
 The town and its novice clerk have filed suit against every registered voter in the town, claiming that an election held last spring had numerous errors. The lawsuit filed in Summit County District Court last week lists errors that include numbers that don't add up and mismatched ballots that had to be patched together with the clerk's sewing machine. 
  
 Webster Pass above the historic town of Montezuma in 2001. (Denver Post file photo) 
  
 The lawsuit asks a judge to command all 61 registered voters in Montezuma to appear in court so the judge can sort out an election mess that the petition calls "fatally flawed." 
  
 "I have never heard of anything like this," said Andrew Cole, a spokesman for the Colorado secretary of state's office. "This is certainly an unusual step to take." 
  
 Several residents have retained a Gunnison attorney to challenge the lawsuit. Luke Danielson filed a motion Tuesday claiming the court has no jurisdiction because the town's residents haven't been served with notices to appear in court. 
  
 The matter of a town suing its voters began with a highly controversial election for mayor and town board. It was held April Fools' Day. 
  
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 In a town of 65 residents where a draw for a short straw used to decide who had to serve as mayor, an unprecedented dozen candidates ran for office. 
  
 The hot-button issue that led to this kind of participation involved second-home owners. New Montezuma Mayor Lesley Davis, who was elected by a three-vote margin, claimed that 13 of the voters and at least two of the candidates were not really residents of the town. 
  
 "This is our only option to have an objective judge take a look at the election controversy and give us his advice on how to move forward," Davis said. 
  
 Locals say it is easy to tell who doesn't really live there by the piles of unplowed snow in driveways. Montezuma sits at 10,200 feet, 5 miles up a dirt road from the Keystone ski resort. 
  
 The lawsuit states that an investigation by the Summit County district attorney's office found that at least five voters were not qualified to vote because they weren't residents. 
  
 The lawsuit also cites a number of mistakes in the ballots, including the fact that there were no removable stubs to protect the anonymity of the voters. To try to rectify that, town Clerk Helen Moorman sewed stubs to the ballots but didn't realize the ballots still contained numbers that gave away voters' identities. 
  
 The upshot to all the mistakes is that no one in Montezuma knows if the current elected officials were elected properly. No challenge was filed within the 10-day window following the election. Thus, the lawsuit filed by Denver attorney Kendra Carberry. She did not return calls seeking comment. 
  
 "Now I'm paying someone to sue me," Montezuma voter Chris Baker said. "It's fairly disturbing that the town is using our tax money to sue us." 
  
 Nancy Lofholm: 970-256-1957, nlofholm@denverpost.com or twitter.com/nlofholm |||||
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If they had just elected a dog for mayor, none of this would have happened. At least that's what 61 registered voters in Montezuma, Colo., must be thinking after they received notice their own town is suing each and every one of them to appear in court to figure out what happened in last spring's "fatally flawed" mayoral election, reports the Denver Post. Among problems cited in the April Fools' Day vote are that there were more signatures than registered voters on candidate petitions and that people who simply owned a second home in town were allowed to vote and run for office, even though their "snow-clogged, unplowed driveways [are] proof they don't live there," one resident complains. This particular case of Montezuma's revenge started after the town clerk was "hornswoggled" into taking on the job even though she had a full-time job already and reportedly wasn't prepared for her new position, notes the Post. Then she used a sewing machine to attach removable stubs to ballots to help keep voters' identities secret—except she apparently didn't notice voter ID numbers that still appeared on the ballots. "I have never seen anything like this," says a spokesman for the Colorado secretary of state regarding the unusual legal action. One of the voters points out the irony of the current situation. "It's fairly disturbing that the town is using our tax money to sue us," he says. "Now I'm paying someone to sue me."