Today is election day in Colorado, and Mesa County voters will have their say in several ballot items.

Mesa County residents can vote for their preferred Mesa County Valley School District 51 Board of Education candidates:

Incumbent Board President Andrea Haitz is running against Mike Rathbone.

Incumbent Board Vice President Will Jones is running against Kaci Cole.

Incumbent Board Secretary Angela Lema is running against Vicki Woods.

Additionally, voters can vote for statewide ballot items in Propositions LL and MM, which, tied together, would extend the state’s Healthy School Meals for All (HSMA) program.

Proposition LL would allow the state to keep and spend $12.4 million in tax revenue ($11.3 million in revenue and $1.1 million in interest) that has been collected under 2022’s Pro

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