<p>Will election by litigation be the new norm? Florida 2000 may have been only the start!</p>
<p>We may be on the way to turning Election Day into Election Month through a new legal quagmire: election through litigation. Yesterday's races promise to throw up a series of demands for recounts, lawsuits and seating challenges in Congress. "We're waiting for the day that pols can just cut out the middleman and settle all elections in court," jokes the political newsletter Hotline.</p>