Montezuma County's local ballot, November 3, 2026

The four local questions on Montezuma County's sample ballots.

On the ballotWho is askingCategoryKim's recommendation

1AMontezuma CountyGovernment structureTerm limitsNo

Removes the limit on how many consecutive terms the county's assessor, clerk and recorder, surveyor and treasurer may serve.

1BMontezuma CountyNew tax or feeLodging tax increaseNo

Raises the county lodging tax from 2 percent to 5 percent, $404,598 the first year, for tourism and visitor infrastructure, outside Cortez.

2ACity of CortezNew tax or feeLodging tax increaseNo

Raises the city lodgers' tax from 2 percent to 6 percent, up to $900,000 the first year, with the council free to set the rate up to that ceiling.

2BTown of MancosNew tax or feeSales tax increaseNo

A four-tenths-percent town sales tax, $325,000 the first year, for streets and broadband, bringing the town's total to 4.4 percent.

Montezuma publishes four sample ballot styles; a question is printed in some of them and not others, and each question's page says which.

The questions in total

Four local questions: 3 new tax or fee, 1 government structure.

Up to $1,629,598 in first-year tax increases, adding the three amounts those questions state; 1A sets no tax.

I recommend a no vote on 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B.

Montezuma County's certified sample ballots for the November 3, 2026 general election; each question's own page in this guide.

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