When this kind of thing occurs, certainly a complaint can be dealt with by the state which can levy fines, etc, HOWEVER that does nothing to timely counteract the clear and documentable falsehoods about Erhardt's record.  Republican Keith Downey is already going to trial for doing the same thing.

It is unlikely the writer, Sarah O'Donnell, will or could undo what she has done in time for all the recipients to carefully reconsider who they vote for. Like all last minute hits, that is because only she knows - at this time - who all got the distribution. In previous emails to us (edinamoderates.org) Ms. O'Donnell has indicated she broadcasts to many hundreds of people. Technically she probably does this in small groups as in the sample (forwarded to us) below since anti-spam setups in non-commercial email programs do not accept large numbers of recipients in a single email.

Clicking here or the copy below will get you a full size PDF printout of her email. which we formatted 2 pages wide to save size

Downey Church Group Supporters [No disclaimer] Distribution Calling Erhardt and Staunton Supporters of Baby Killers - most likely unconnected with Downey campaign from some of his fanatical Christian Right supporters. No idea how many copies of this really went around - although the email says they were trying for 3000.

Sorry about the reproduction quality - according to what we know it was a print of an email handed to an apparent friend of the email recipient who then cut out any identifying mention of herself and her friend and then faxed it with the comment resulting in a fax print photocopy which we then scanned for you. In scanning we did check the enhance and sharpen buttons to try to make it readable.

Downey attack [no-disclaimer] - mostly aimed at Erhardt even though it includes Staunton's party - but containing false representations of the referenced legislative bills and votes. (Click here for Erhardt Campaign's reply and discrediting of the false claims.
Notice how the format of this piece matches the commonly used format [next piece below this one] of Minnesota Majority - a 501(c)4 (like a PAC) that did not file its campaign efforts with the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board. During the endorsement process Downey and Minnesota Majority distributed near identical Erhardt attack pieces with the exception of color (MM) or black-and-white (Downey) and presentation sophistication.

See here what Progressive Majority just did at the last minute ($100,000 out of Washington D.C.) in Washington State House District 35 attacks before the 2008 primary for their top state representative race there. According to that article  that was $100,000 of a total of $187,000 spent . 

This is here as an FYI to be ready for a last minute campaign blitz in Edina from Progressive Majority. PM already has a local staff of paid campaign workers. EdinaModerates.org still takes the position that Edina political races ought to be run by Edinans for Edinans - of any party or belief.