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North Carolina Not Wanting People To Vote!

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                                                                It was said that two provisions passed by Republicans Controlled State Legislature were blocked. One was supposed to end same day voter registration during the early periods, the other was to prevent that votes outside of voter's precent from being counted. The state has said that the decision will be appealed in the U.S Supreme Court. This was pointed out by the NAACP last year that these laws that they were trying to put into play, were intended to restrict the voting among people of color, students and the elders.  When this was being argued one asked "why does the state of North Carolina does not want people to vote". There are still ways being implemented to prevent a lot of voters from voting. They have cut the number of early voting days to just 10 also they are letting the poll offices decide if they should stay open late to accommodate citizens that get off of work late.   Besid

Ebola Reaching USA

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                                                                        The Ebola epidemic was making its way through the news in August of this year. It started in West Africa, with Scientist saying that the amount of people that would be affected can go up to 20,000, Now here we are almost two months later and it has made its way to the USA. There is a patient in Dallas Texas that has contracted the disease. His name is Thomas Eric Duncan; Duncan flew on two of American Airlines flight before reaching to Dallas, he is currently in ICU at Texas Health Presbyterian. It is being said than more than 80 People have come in contact with the patient that has contracted Ebola. With the amount of people that have come in contact with the patient 12 to 18 people are said to be exposed. Within that number there are five children who have been to different schools that are from the patient house hold. Anyone who is within his home is being monitored for symptoms. This epidemic i