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Primary sets stage for change: After general election, Howard County could have an almost-new government.

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| September 10, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Baltimore Sun. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Larry Carson

Sep. 10--The primary election Tuesday will set the field for one of Howard County's most momentous elections in years, a November vote that will usher in a virtually new local government and possibly change the local General Assembly delegation.

Yet turnout Tuesday is expected to be light. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Betty Nordaas, the county elections administrator, predicts a 30 percent turnout. And even that would be an improvement from the county's turnout in the past two statewide election primaries: 26.4 percent for the 1998 primary, despite a lively Republican contest for county executive, and 25.5 percent in 2002.

Final registration figures show 179,435 registered voters in Howard. Among those, 82,542 were Democrats; 61,587 were Republicans; 35,303 were registered with…

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