Vote in the Primary on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 -Polls are open 7 am until 8 pm >

Please remember to vote for your Republican candidates on Primary Election Day, May 17th. Polls are open from 7:00 am until 8:00 pm.

If you are uncertain about the location of your polling place, visit: Northampton Polling Places

Here’s the sample ballot, specifically the ones for Districts 2,6,7 and 12. There are slight differences in the other fourteen voting districts. Note, too, the only Township-wide candidate slots, the ones for Supervisor and Auditor.

You are urged to re-elect Vincent J, Deon and to elect Karen Jim.

The number of waivers the Obama administration has awarded for a provision of the year-old healthcare reform law grew by 128 in March.

With the new waivers, that means 1,168 businesses, insurers, unions and other organizations have received one-year exemptions from a healthcare reform provision requiring at least $750,000 in annual benefits.

The administration says the temporary waivers are granted to help stabilize the insurance market until a fuller package of reforms takes effect in 2014, but the growing number of waivers have exposed the White House to heavy criticism from Republican opponents of the law.

“The fact that over 1,000 waivers have been granted is a tacit admission that the healthcare law is fundamentally flawed,” said Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) last month. Upton is one of three House committee chairmen who has used new oversight powers to investigate the annual limit waivers.
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