{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Robert Shane Vance is a registered voter in Mitchell County, North Carolina, registered since 1996 (30 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Robert Shane Vance's year of birth as 1978; 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 8 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 Robert Shane Vance 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_sheriff","county":"mitchell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Mitchell County Sheriff"},{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"mitchell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Mitchell County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Robert","fullname":"Robert Shane Vance","lastname":"Vance","middlename":"Shane","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Mitchell County Sheriff","county":"mitchell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"mitchell","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Mitchell County Sheriff","county":"mitchell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"mitchell","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"mitchell","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Mitchell County Sheriff","county":"mitchell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"mitchell","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Mitchell County since 1996.","terms":[],"token":"c7928a6d62faf8e4"}