North Dakota Code § 16.1-15-39

Disagreements in canvassing returns by canvassing board - Disregarding
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technicalities, misspelled words, and abbreviations.
In canvassing the returns and verifying the computed final results received from the various 
counties, a majority of the members of the state canvassing board shall decide all matters of 
disagreement. The board shall disregard all technicalities, misspelling, the use of initial letters, 
and the abbreviations of the names of candidates if it can be ascertained from the returns for 
whom the votes were intended.

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