{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, William Thomas Polk is a registered voter in Anson County, North Carolina, registered since 2004 (22 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows William Thomas Polk's year of birth as 1986; 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 4 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2025-11-04 general election [2].\n\n**William Thomas Polk (filed as 'William (Bug) Polk') was a Democratic candidate for the Anson County Board of Education At-Large seat in the March 3, 2026 primary and did not advance, finishing last of six candidates with 38 votes; Lorri Burns Bennett won the nomination with 570 votes.** [3]\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 Thomas Polk 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/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 official March 3, 2026 primary results, Anson County (ANSON_PRECINCT_SORT.txt), accessed 2026-07-23: https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/ANSON_PRECINCT_SORT.txt","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_at_large","county":"anson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Anson County Board Of Education At-Large"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"William","fullname":"William Thomas Polk","lastname":"Polk","middlename":"Thomas","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_at_large","contest_title":"Anson County Board Of Education At-Large","county":"anson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"anson","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"anson","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_at_large","contest_title":"Anson County Board Of Education At-Large","county":"anson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"anson","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","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 Anson County since 2004.","terms":[],"token":"d2647be6a9f32c0d"}