Feedback on recount going very negative

People of Minnesota are reading blogs, looking up examples of challenged ballots, and are outraged, from what I've seen.

This is a Republican/Emmer public relations nightmare waiting to happen. While reasonable people know you can hire lawyers to challenge anything, they don't believe its the right thing to do at this point. Numerous people, even some Republicans, have said, he can't win. He kind of even conceded that himself in the Friday press conference.

Comments I've seen from online readers are very angry once they see the challenged ballots. The ballots are not even close to being unclear. That's what people don't get. And when they see any write-in candidate ballot was challenged because according to challengers it could "identify the voter."

People are just not buying it.

There are more examples of this at StarTribune Hotdish politics regards to Waseca County's 114 challenged votes, 111 by Emmer.

The longer the case goes on, the more examples of challenges ballots will emerge. It will just make people more angry. 

We know there are not enough challenges to win. Now the Emmer camp is saying they want to review county databases and counties say they won't be able to have those ready before Dec. 15. I guess you can do that, they have a legal right, but that would likely indeed delay the seating of the next governor.

There is huge political risk here for bad publicity and a loss of social capital that the Emmer team doesn't seem to be feeling.

Here's the full list of challenged ballots by county, by precinct.

Hat tip to Max Hailperin for providing the link.