North Carolina State Board Of Elections Releases Online Judicial Voter Guide

This week, the North Carolina State Board of Elections released its online Judicial Voter Guide: 2026 General Election, which is now available on the State Board of Elections’ website. 

The digital guide contains information about this year’s candidates for North Carolina’s appellate courts – the North Carolina Supreme Court and North Carolina Court of Appeals. 

“The State Board of Elections takes pride in this guide as a way to educate North Carolina’s 7.8 million registered voters about candidates for these important judicial seats,” said Sam Hayes, executive director of the State Board of Elections. “We encourage voters to use this online resource to learn about the candidates before they cast their ballot.” 

In the coming weeks, the State Board will send a postcard with a QR code link to the online Judicial Voter Guide to all North Carolina households. The State Board is not sending a full, printed version of the guide in 2026 because the fund created for the guide has been depleted. 

Ballots for all N.C. voters in 2026 will include four appellate court contests: one Associate Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court seat, and three Judge of the N.C. Court of Appeals seats. Candidates for appellate offices are elected statewide. Candidates for other judicial offices are not elected statewide and are not included in this guide. 

The general election is Nov. 3, 2026. For more information about the general election, go to Upcoming Election.