Ouray County’s longtime county clerk has been appointed to help another Western Slope county with its upcoming elections, amid an investigation into Mesa County’s clerk and decertification of its election equipment.

Secretary of State Jena Griswold called Nauer on Monday to ask if she would be willing to serve in an advisory capacity for the Mesa County elections. Griswold’s office declared Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters unfit to run the election now that she and two others are under inv...