For the second time this election season, borough staff reported a data-entry error that caused a planning commission candidate vote total to be reported lower than it actually was. 

Election official Mike Denker kicked off Tuesday night’s election canvass explaining that a stray semi-colon in a spreadsheet resulted in 45 votes not being counted for Nate Reams. He said he had noticed the error on Tuesday. 

The assembly spent the beginning of its meeting canvassing…

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Lizzy Hahn is a reporter and photographer from Nome. She has worked in newsrooms across Alaska including the Anchorage Daily News, Nome Nugget and UAF Sun Star.