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one state decided to keep their governor. the voters of the country s biggest city decided after two decades they d like a democrat as mayor. but when it comes to election enthusiasm, it s all about even numbered years and all anyone wanted to know about the 2013 elections is what they situationaled for those of 2014. the biggest news of 2013, the broadest implication for future election, wasn t how people voted but the assault on their ability to vote. this was the year that the supreme court undid nearly 50 years of historic civil rights legislation by striking out a key provision of the 1965 voting rights act. in june the court removed the requirement for federal approval to change voting laws in nine states and parts of others with a history of discrimination. those states waste nod time putting restrictive voting laws into e effect. just hours after the decision, texas announced it would begin