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Low turnouts plague primaries in state

September 16, 2012 7:02 PM By DAN JANISON dan.janison@newsday.com

A file photo of Bridget M. Fleming, a

Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | A file photo of Bridget M. Fleming, a Noyack Democrat serving on the Southampton Town Board. (July 15, 2011)

Dan Janison

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Early primary returns on Thursday showed that Bridget Fleming, a Southampton Town board member, defeated Jennifer Maertz by a 4-1 ratio for the Democratic nomination in the 1st State Senate District to oppose Sen. Kenneth LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) in the November election.

Fleming's victory, while decisive, came on strikingly low turnout -- with 2,562 people, or a mere 4.4 percent of the...

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