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RALEIGH — The online Judicial Voter Guide: 2024 General Election is now available on the N.C. State Board of Elections’ website.

The digital guide contains information about 2024 candidates for North Carolina’s appellate courts – the North Carolina Supreme Court and North Carolina Court of Appeals. The general election is November 5, 2024. Candidates for appellate offices are elected statewide. Candidates for other judicial offices are not elected statewide and are not included in this guide.

Ballots for all N.C. voters in 2024 will include four appellate court contests: N.C. Supreme Court Associate Justice Seat 6, and N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Seats 12, 14, and 15.

The printed version of the Judicial Voter Guide will be distributed to all households in North Carolina this fall. It will include information about the candidates, as well as an election calendar, tips for voters, information about the photo ID requirement, election security, the Election Day-deadline to return an absentee ballot, and more.

“The State Board of Elections takes pride in this guide as a way to educate North Carolina’s 7.6 million voters about the judicial candidates, specifically, and about the election process, generally,” said Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections. “We encourage all voters to use this guide to research candidates and learn about elections before they cast their ballot.”

Access the judicial election guide HERE.

About the Appellate Courts

The N.C. Supreme Court is the state’s highest court. One chief justice and six associate justices review cases from the N.C. Court of Appeals, the N.C. Business Court, and cases in which the death penalty has been imposed. For more information, see Supreme Court of North Carolina.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals reviews cases first decided in District and Superior Courts, as well as appeals from administrative agencies. There are a total of 15 judges on the Court of Appeals, and appeals are decided by rotating panels of three judges who consider errors in legal procedures or in judicial interpretation of the law. For more information, see North Carolina Court of Appeals.

Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges serve eight-year terms.