Don Smith of Dryden voted Thursday in the Michigan Presidential Primary. Photo by MIKE MERCIER

"Thank God," said Supervisor Eldon Card. "We can move on."

Both of the township's precincts voted in favor of the agreement. Unofficial results show Precinct 1 with 388 yes and 221 no tallies. Precinct 2 was a little closer with 290 yes and 220 no, bringing the total to 678 yes and 441 no.

A high number of township voters headed to the polls, at which time they also got their say in the Michigan Presidential Primary, Card said, estimating around a 30% turnout. Precinct 1 had 630 residents show up and Precinct 2 was somewhat less at 559.

City water and sewer services will be available to property owners in six township sections, 27, 28, and 33-36 with more than 725 total taps offered, and city police services extended to section 36, the area around Reamer and Millville roads.

Also under the document's terms, the city will be prevented from annexing property in the township for 25 years, and township residents will be allowed to join the Lapeer Community Center at the resident rate.

Oregon Township board of trustees originally approved the pact on Sept. 11, 2007, despite much opposition from local residents. Their complaints included developers pressuring the city and township into the agreement for their personal gain.

A petition drive successfully put the pact on Tuesday's ballot.

"It's been a long haul," Card said. "It's a good thing that it went to electorate. Now we can move on and get this behind us."

Primary Election

Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and Michigan native, won Lapeer County and Michigan on Tuesday on the Republican ticket. In Lapeer County, Romney earned 3,415 votes.

Romney beat out Arizona Sen. John McCain who won Michigan in 2000, whose message that the economy is the No. 1 issue on the mind of voters and not foreign policy and even the war in Iraq. McCain received 2,313 votes in Lapeer County. Romney and his family campaigned heavily in Michigan, including his son Josh Romney who made a stop in Imlay City on Friday. He held events more typical of Democrats — standing outside a General Motors plant to bemoan new layoffs, and visiting a single mother who is unemployed, without health insurance and can't sell her home.

In his victory speech Romney said last night, "Tonight marks the beginning of a comeback — a comeback for America...Tonight proves that you can't tell an American that there's nothing they can't do."

McCain by contrast on Saturday told a conservative group in Livonia, "Here's a little straight talk I know the people of Michigan will understand: some jobs that have left are not coming back."

He proposed more spending for education and job training, an overhaul of the federal unemployment-compensation system and better coordination between local employers and community colleges so that residents are trained for the available jobs.

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee earned 1,891 votes in Lapeer County. While in Michigan on Friday he said, "There was a time in this nation's history when Michigan saved America, and now it may be time for America to save Michigan."

He finished in third place in Lapeer County and Michigan behind McCain. Romney's populist rhetoric against Wall Street and for a national sales tax, together with his Christian conservatism, has powered his rise in Republican polls past better-known figures such as former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Ron Paul finished in fourth place in Lapeer County with 1,265 votes.

Democrat Hillary Clinton easily took Lapeer County and Michigan. In the county, she received 2,668 votes, while the Uncommitted category notched 1,323 votes. The New York senator's name remained on the ballot, though the national party said it would not recognize the state's delegates or the results of Tuesday's primary. The national party penalized state party officials who moved up the Michigan primary in the schedule without their approval or blessing.

Of the 63,877 registered voters in the county, 14,038 ballots were cast in Tuesday's election in Lapeer County.