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Free public service for North Carolina votersNo candidate endorsementsGuide sources checked October 1, 2026General election November 3, 2026

Scope and limitations

What this North Carolina guide covers

This North Carolina guide covers every candidate contest and ballot question decided by all voters statewide, including all four statewide appellate elections.

Included

Published now

  • All 12 active printed choices in five statewide candidate contests
  • Seven current exact North Carolina committee summaries and one explicit amended-report gap
  • Three processed FEC candidate summaries and one exact FEC identity without a processed summary
  • Registration, early voting, absentee voting, photo ID, ballot return, and Election Day rules
  • All three statewide constitutional amendments
  • Four statewide appellate elections with eight printed candidates
  • A provisional count of 0 named qualified statewide write-ins verified from a published official roster
Not included

Outside this release

  • U.S. House and North Carolina General Assembly district contests
  • District court, superior court, county, municipal, school, and local referendum contests
  • Candidate committees that do not exactly match a printed statewide candidate and office
  • Superseded Anita Earls summary values from the July 10 data record
  • A certified final statewide candidate or named write-in roster not published by the October 1 check date
Known finance limits

2 finance summaries unavailable

  • Shannon W. BrayFEC candidate ID S0NC00335 is an exact 2026 North Carolina U.S. Senate identity, but the official candidate page shows no processed 2025-2026 financial summary as of October 1, 2026. Missing does not mean $0.
  • Anita EarlsEARLS FOR JUSTICE, committee ID STA-I2K60N-C-001, filed an amended 2026 Second Quarter report on September 28, 2026. That amendment supersedes the July 10 data record, but the official portal exposes only the amendment cover image and no current machine-readable summary. No comparable current amount is shown here. Missing does not mean $0.
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Not yet published

Recheck the roster, amended report, and pre-election finance

Recheck the official candidate and write-in materials, the Anita Earls amended Second Quarter filing, North Carolina's Third Quarter reports due October 27, and FEC pages before promoting this draft to live.

Dataset comparison: North Carolina state cards compare Total this Election receipts and expenditures with period-end cash, loans, and debts. They are not all the same accounting field. FEC cards use separate candidate aggregates and their own coverage windows.
Version record

North Carolina guide 1.0

PublishedOctober 1, 2026
Contests shown5
Ballot choices12
Ballot measures3

5 statewide candidate contests, 12 printed choices, 0 named qualified write-ins verified provisionally, 7 current state finance summaries, 3 processed FEC summaries, 3 statewide ballot questions, 4 statewide judicial elections with 8 candidates, and 0 statewide judicial retention questions

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North Carolina guide publication record
VersionPublishedScope
1.0October 1, 20265 statewide candidate contests, 12 printed choices, 0 named qualified write-ins verified provisionally, 7 current state finance summaries, 3 processed FEC summaries, 3 statewide ballot questions, 4 statewide judicial elections with 8 candidates, and 0 statewide judicial retention questions

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