Friend,

This is Matt Morrison, the Executive Director of Working America. I don’t write to you directly very often, but I wanted to take this moment, after an election of historic significance, to thank you for being a member of Working America.

News organizations have declared former President Donald Trump the unofficial winner of the presidential election, with the official certification process to follow (see below for details). Control of the U.S. Senate has also switched to the Republican Party, while control of the U.S. House is still being determined as final elections results are counted.

We are an independent organization, not political partisans, but we had worked to support Vice President Kamala Harris because her policies and record were the best choice for working families. We also share the worry many of you have about the threat that President-elect Trump’s policies and rhetoric could pose to many working families.

I don’t know what the future holds – but I do know that we are stronger, and safer, for standing together. That’s the work we have ahead of us.

We’ve talked to millions of Working America members at their front doors over the last few months, from Maricopa County in Arizona to Macomb County in Michigan, and everywhere in between. The stories we’ve heard have been both inspiring and heartbreaking. Working America members work hard – often at more than one job – to provide for our families and build a future for our children. But it’s more difficult than it should be. Housing, healthcare, education – the cost is too high and the quality too low. We deserve better.

Building an economy that delivers for working families – that’s always been our mission and it’s needed now more than ever. Making that happen requires us to build strength and solidarity. It requires us to organize, grow our numbers, and work to change the behavior of government leaders and economic actors at every level. It means signing petitions, calling senators, writing letters and, yes, continuing to vote in future elections.

The work ahead will be long, complex, and challenging. And there may be some tough times ahead for many. But we’ll face them together.

Join us.

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Sincerely,

Matt Morrison

P.S. Here are the next key dates in the electoral certification process:

Dec. 11, 2024 - Deadline for certification of electors. Each state’s governor (or other official designated by state law) is required to certify their state’s election results and designate “electors” to the electoral college no later than this date. These electors are the ones who officially choose the president, but they are required by law to act in accordance with their state’s election results.
Dec. 17, 2024 - Electors vote in their states. Electors will meet in their state capitals to cast their votes for President and send them to Washington, D.C.
Dec. 25. 2024 - Deadline for electoral votes to be received in D.C. Electoral college votes are sent to the President of the Senate and the head of the U.S. Archives.
Jan. 3, 2025 - New Congress is sworn in. The Congress that was just elected is sworn in before the President and will be called on to certify the election.
Jan. 6, 2025 - Congress counts the electoral votes. As the official government calendar describes it: “Congress meets in joint session to count the electoral votes. The Vice President, as President of the Senate, presides over the count and announces the results of the Electoral College vote. The President of the Senate then declares which persons, if any, have been elected President and Vice President of the United States.”
Jan. 20, 2025 - Inauguration Day. The new president and vice president are sworn in.