AP offers this report, which begins: “Election law has taken off as its own legal field since the disputed 2000 presidential election, something experts blame for too many lawsuits and an eroding trust in the voting system. In 1998, there were 104 court cases nationwide challenging elections, according to a study in the Washington and Lee Law Review. The number has jumped every congressional election year since, with 197 cases in 2000, 279 cases in 2002 and 361 cases in 2004.” The study quoted in the article is here.