{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, William Edward Atherton is a registered voter in Orange County, North Carolina, registered since 2002 (24 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows William Edward Atherton's year of birth as 1972; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 11 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of William Edward Atherton can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","county":"orange","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Orange County Schools Board Of Education"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"William","fullname":"William Edward Atherton","lastname":"Atherton","middlename":"Edward","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Orange County Schools Board Of Education","county":"orange","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"orange","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"orange","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Orange County Schools Board Of Education","county":"orange","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"orange","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Orange County since 2002.","terms":[],"token":"8dbc54af04e7fe6d"}