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HTML

<select name="priority" id="priority" class="update_priority">
    <option value="root" label="Without parent">Without parent</option>
    <option value="72" label="Rank3">Rank3</option>
    <option value="71" label="Rank1">Rank1</option>
    <option value="67" label="Rank2">Rank2</option>
    <option value="64" label="Rank4">Rank4</option>
</select>

JavaScript

document.getElementById("priority").value = "71";
//$("#priority").val("71");