{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Walter Clarence Vaughn III is a registered voter in Wilkes County, North Carolina, registered since 2022 (4 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Walter Clarence Vaughn III's year of birth as 1976; 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 2018, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\n**Walter Clarence Vaughn III was a Republican candidate for the Wilkes County Board of Commissioners in the March 3, 2026 primary (vote for two) and did not advance, finishing seventh of eight candidates with 269 votes; H.S. Greene (1,276 votes) and G. Keith Elmore (1,139 votes) won the two nominations.** [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 Walter Clarence Vaughn III 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, Wilkes County (WILKES_PRECINCT_SORT.txt), accessed 2026-07-23: https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/WILKES_PRECINCT_SORT.txt","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","county":"wilkes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Wilkes County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Walter","fullname":"Walter Clarence Vaughn III","lastname":"Vaughn","middlename":"Clarence","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Wilkes County Board Of Commissioners","county":"wilkes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"wilkes","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"wilkes","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Wilkes County Board Of Commissioners","county":"wilkes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"wilkes","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"suffix":"III","summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Wilkes County since 2022.","terms":[],"token":"fb99247045c5b2ba"}