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 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A full five months after Election Day, there's more counting ahead in Minnesota's Senate race.
A special court will open as many as 389 previously rejected absentee ballots Tuesday. They will be the first votes added to tallies of Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman since a statewide recount ended in early January.
Since then, Franken has held an official 225 vote lead. That will probably change with the ballots being counted Tuesday but is unlikely to move enough to put Coleman out front.
The ballots in question were argued over during a seven-week trial following the recount.
Coleman wanted a far larger pile of ballots counted and is promising to appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
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