The buzz word on day one of Minnesota's Gubernatorial recount is "frivolous". Changes in state election law give election judges the power to label ballot challenges as "frivolous" which the recount rules from the State Canvassing Board define as:
"A challenge is frivolous if it is based upon an alleged identifying mark other than a signature or an identification number written anywhere on the ballot or a name written on the ballot completely outside of the space for the name of a write-in candidate. The absence of election judge initials on a ballot cannot be the basis of a challenge."
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