Referendum Committee Reporting Schedule

Overview

View the 2025-26 referendum committee reporting schedules on this page.

All referendum committees must file an Organizational Report within 10 days of organizing. The organizational report must disclose all contributions, loans, and expenditures received or made prior to filing of the organizational report.

Governing Statute

Statements filed by referendum committees (N.C.G.S. § 163-278.9A)

2025 Municipal Election

The schedule for referendums on the 2025 general election ballot on Nov. 4, 2025:

2025 Pre-Referendum Report

  • Report Start Date: Calendar day after Organizational Report end date
  • Report End Date: Oct. 20, 2025
  • Report Due Date: Oct. 27, 2025

2025 Final Report

  • Report Start Date: Oct. 21, 2025
  • Municipal Election: Nov. 4, 2025
  • Report End Date: Nov. 7, 2025
  • Report Due Date: Nov. 14, 2025

2025 Supplemental Final Report*

  • Report Start Date: Nov. 8, 2025
  • Report End Date: Dec. 31, 2025
  • Report Due Date: Jan. 7, 2026

2026 Annual Report**

  • Report Start Date: Jan. 1, 2026
  • Report End Date: Dec. 31, 2026
  • Report Due Date: Jan. 7, 2027

*Required if the Final Report does not disclose a final accounting of all contributions and expenditures

**Required for active committees in a year when no other reports are otherwise required

2026 General Election

The schedule for the referendums on the 2026 general election ballot on Nov. 3, 2026:

2025 Annual Report*

  • Report Start Date: Calendar day after Organizational Report end date
  • Report End Date: Dec. 31, 2025
  • Report Due Date: Jan. 7, 2026

2026 Pre-Referendum Report

  • Report Start Date: Jan. 1, 2026, or the calendar day after Organizational Report end date if organized in 2026
  • Report End Date: Oct. 19, 2026
  • Report Due Date: Oct. 26, 2026

2026 Final Report

  • Report Start Date: Oct. 20, 2026
  • General Election: Nov. 3, 2026
  • Report End Date: Nov. 6, 2026
  • Report Due Date: Nov. 13, 2026

2026 Supplemental Final Report**

  • Report Start Date: Nov. 7, 2026
  • Report End Date: Dec. 31, 2026
  • Report Due Date: Jan. 7, 2027

*Required for referendum committees organized in 2025

**Required if the Final Report does not disclose a final accounting of all contributions and expenditures

48-Hour Reports

The schedule for 48-Hour Reports by referendum committees:

2025 General Election

  • Report period: Oct. 21, 2025–Nov. 4, 2025
  • Due date: Within 48 hours of receipt

2026 General Election

  • Report period: Oct. 20, 2026–Nov. 3, 2026
  • Due date: Within 48 hours of receipt
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