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HTML

<select name="evidence_selected"id="evidence_selected">
<option id="a">A</option>
<option id="b">B</option>
<option id="c">C</option>
<option id="new">New</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$('#evidence_selected').change(function(){
console.log('1');
    if($(this).val() == "New"){
             
    } else {
             
    }
});