function wordcount() {
var changelabel = document.getElementById('nomination_text');
var char_count = changelabel.value.length;
var fullStr = changelabel.value + " ";
var initial_whitespace_rExp = /^[^A-Za-z0-9]+/gi;
var left_trimmedStr = fullStr.replace(initial_whitespace_rExp, "");
var non_alphanumerics_rExp = rExp = /[^A-Za-z0-9]+/gi;
var cleanedStr = left_trimmedStr.replace(non_alphanumerics_rExp, " ");
var splitString = cleanedStr.split(" ");
var word_count = splitString.length -1;
if (fullStr.length <2) {
word_count = 0;}

var changelabel = document.getElementById('word-count-space');
	changelabel.innerHTML = word_count;
}