HARRISBURG, Pa. — Members of Pennsylvania's 60th Electoral College gathered at the State Capitol on Tuesday to submit their votes for the 2024 Presidential Election. The process will help certify Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Election Day.
“Today was a very nice occasion to celebrate America and democracy," said Lawrence Tavis, the president of Pennsylvania's 60th Electoral College. “People have accepted the results and are looking forward to the new administration, and President Trump leading our nation at this point.”
Nineteen people were selected by the Trump campaign to serve on the Electoral College, representing the 19 votes being given to the president-elect for winning Pennsylvania.
Trump won Pennsylvania over Vice President Harris by a margin of 3.5 million votes to 3.4 million votes.
Carla Sands, a Camp Hill resident and former US ambassador to Denmark, was among the electors to take part in the college.
“It’s a very historic process," said Sands. "There’s a lot of pomp and circumstance and formality, a lot of signatures.”
The votes for president and vice president will now be sent to Washington to be certified by Congress on January 6, 2025.
Secretary of State Al Schmidt said the election went smoothly across Pennsylvania.
“Voters should have every confidence that we had a free, safe, fair election and did our part to strengthen our democracy," said Schmidt.
After a long election cycle, state officials are calling for more civility as lawmakers return to session.
"We shouldn’t take our representative democracy for granted and should do everything we can to strengthen it," said Schmidt.