Election 2021: Prop. 119 falls, pot sales in NoCo towns in doubt

Voters across the state rejected on Tuesday night a new tax on cannabis sales that would have funded certain out-of-classroom educational programs, while voters in small towns in the Boulder Valley and Northern Colorado appear unwilling to let pot sellers open up shop.

Supporters of Proposition 119, the statewide measure that would have raised marijuana sales taxes, took to Twitter just after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday to concede defeat.

“Though our support across the state was broad, Prop. 119 was voted down,” Vote Yes on Prop. 119 organizers tweeted. 

With 1,223,672 votes tallied as of 8:22 a.m. Wednesday, 556,884 (45.51%) voters supported Proposition 119…