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As Gerhard points out, when the graph comes from a hyper-cube with $2^n$ points the sum is $2a(a^2+1)^{n-1}.$ When it comes from a Hammin Hamming graph with $s^n$ points the sum is $$(a(s-2)+2)a(a^2(s-1)+1)^{n-1}.$$

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As Gerhard points out, when the graph comes from a hyper-cube with $2^n$ points the sum is $2a(a^2+1)^{n-1}.$ When it comes from a Hammin graph with $s^n$ points the sum is $$(a(s-2)+2)a(a^2(s-1)+1)^{n-1}.$$