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Dec 17, 2008 6:35 am US/Central

Minn. Supreme Court Holds Hearing In Recount

ST. PAUL (AP) ― The Minnesota Supreme Court holds a hearing today on the state's unsettled U.S. Senate race.

Republican incumbent Norm Coleman's campaign has asked the high court to stop the sorting and counting of wrongly rejected absentee ballots until clear instructions are handed down.

The state board overseeing the recount last week recommended that those ballots be considered. But Coleman maintains there aren't clear guidelines for that, and says it could lead to disarray among the 87 counties.

Democrat Al Franken made a big push to include the improperly rejected absentee ballots in the recount.

Minnesota has four legal reasons for rejecting an absentee ballot, but some of the rejections didn't meet those conditions.

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Norm Coleman was born in New York City in 1949. Al Franken was born in New York City in 1951.

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