Minn. OKs counting more absentee ballots
Published 12/12/2008 at msnbc.com: Politics
The decision by the Minnesota board overseeing the U.S. Senate recount has cleared the way for counting of wrongly rejected absentee ballots in the unresolved race is seen as a boost for Al Franken.
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