UPDATE (11:38AM MST): Sensible Colorado‘s Brian Vicente is reporting wins in Alamosa and Costilla Counties, as well as the city of Frasier.  We’ll be working to verify these results.

Original Item (9:56 AM MST): As Westword noted earlier this week, several different Colorado cities and counties voted last night on new medical marijuana regulations.  The ballot measures dealt with taxing cannabis, whether to allow centers in unincorporated areas, or whether to simply ban them outright.  Here are some preliminary results, to be updated as the day continues:

• Several Metro Denver bans appear to have passed.  They include Aurora, Broomfield and Douglas County.
• In one of the biggest surprises of the evening, Question 1A, which bans MMC’s in unincorporated areas of El Paso County, appears it will fail after leading the polls the entire night.  The margin of victory was less than a few hundred votes
• Mesa County, on the other hand, voted to approve a ban in unincorporated areas which will adversely affect several Grand Junction centers.  The town of Grand Junction still has a ban within city limits that is the target of a circulating petition.
• Pueblo adds an additional 4.3% sales tax on MMJ purchased by state patients to help pay for law enforcement related to medical marijuana.  Park County adopts a 4% tax.  Apparently, they haven’t heard of the Colorado Springs approach.
• Loveland and Windsor both ban the MMC model by some of the widest margins amongst larger cities.
• Smaller, but equally important fights: Otero County, Montrose County,  Ouray County, and the city of Hillrose all vote to ban.
• Eagle County and the town Minturn vote to keep medical marijuana.  Same for Grand County,
• No new dispensaries in Moffat County.  According to the county commissioner, the one they have is enough.
• Garfield County has an interesting take on approving MMJ.  Grow your own, but no storefronts.  Oh, and don’t infuse it, either.

Our hearts go out to fellow industry members who have worked so hard to play by state rules, only to find everything taken away from them overnight.  We’ll keep you updated as to any recounts, challenges, petitions or other recourse taken.

Thanks to Medicinal Colorado for some of the links provided here.