2026 Candidate Filers

2026 Candidates for judicial offices (District, Superior Court, and Appeals Court Judges; Supreme Court Justice; District Attorney; and Clerk of Court) and General Assembly (NC House and Senate) must file a 2026 Candidate SEI.  More information is provided in this 2026 Candidate Newsletter.

The 2026 Candidate SEI will be available on January 1, 2026. The deadline for filing those SEIs is January 19, 2026. Please do not file a 2025 SEI in December because it will not meet your obligation to file a 2026 SEI.

2026 SEI No Change Form
Those candidates who filed a 2025 SEI for the same covered position for which they are a 2026 candidate may be able to file a 2026 No Change Form. This is the case if there were no changes to the information disclosed on the last SEI Long Form filed. Before filing a No Change Form please carefully review that Long Form to confirm that there have been no changes to the information disclosed.

Filers who are currently serving a a position which requires that you file a 2026 SEI and are a candidate for reelection should file as a candidate and a current covered person, satisfying both the annual SEI filing requirement and the candidate filing requirement.  However, in order to meet the candidate SEI filing deadline you must file your 2026 SEI no later than January 19, 2026.