Federal Heights measure legalizing retail pot sales widens lead

Friday brought more good news to the supporters of a Federal Heights retail marijuana ballot issue as a few hundred as yet untallied votes were finally processed by elections officials.

Ballot Question 2B, which would legalize sales of recreational marijuana in the suburb of 12,000, held a 1,702 to 1,655 lead at the end of the day. That 47-vote separation likely puts it out of the margin for an automatic recount.

The results released on election night had shown the measure going down in…