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A closeup the the Columbia Return of Votes form shows the results in the U.S. Senate race and the stray pen mark that was interpreted as a 1 by the Secretary of State's office. (COURTESY PHOTO)

COLUMBIA — A stray pen mark on the handwritten election night returns sent to the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office is the apparent culprit behind a misreporting of election results in the U.S. Senate race in this small northern town.

Secretary of State David Scanlan’s office recorded that Columbia — a town of 790 residents — tallied 1,106 votes for U.S. Sen Maggie Hassan and 193 for Republican rival, Donald Bolduc.

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