yea the article is not very accurate.
Franken is not trying to get those 62 votes counted. He is using the 62 affidavits as evidence that the 2000 absentee ballots which were illegally rejected should be counted.
In the article, John Fund says that this is not illegal, but is unethical - fishing for votes for your candidate and ignoring any that may fall to your opponent. Completely slimy.