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The Associated Press: Board keeps faulty ballots from Minn. Senate count
The Associated Press: Board keeps faulty ballots from Minn. Senate count
Board keeps faulty ballots from Minn. Senate count
By BRIAN BAKST 1 hour ago
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) In a blow to Democrat Al Franken, a state board ruled Wednesday that absentee ballots that were rejected by poll workers won't be included in Minnesota's Senate recount.
The five-member state Canvassing Board denied a request by Franken's campaign to reconsider absentee ballots it claims were excluded from the initial vote count because of technicalities or administrative errors. Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign maintained the board lacked power to revisit those ballots....