General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy has an important job: now that Joe Biden is the projected 2020 election winner, she is supposed to sign paperwork that gives Biden’s team the go-ahead to start its transition.

But in keeping with the president’s failure to concede the election --- Murphy refuses to write this letter, and the administration has expressed no intent to sign one.

This formal process is how transition teams start to assess the agencies they will soon oversee -- and get access to things like their official email addresses, office spaces, and funding for salaries. For over 50 years, it has been a crucial part of our country’s peaceful transition of power.

But these Trump loyalists are doing everything in their power to slow this all-important process down. And in the meantime, Trump is openly contesting the results of the election -- threatening meritless litigation to stop ballot counting or otherwise interfere with election officials' work.

Not only is this a direct attack on the will of the American people -- but each lost day puts the new government behind schedule.

And according to some officials, these delays are already having real impacts -- as they gum up discussions on crucial issues like national security strategies and plans to distribute a possible coronavirus vaccine.

The voters have spoken -- and now, it’s time for our government to move forward. Trump-appointed bureaucrats should not hold the new administration back.

Obstruction of the peaceful transition of power puts our democracy, our national security, and our health at risk. If you believe that GSA Administrator Emily Murphy must do her job and facilitate this transition, add your name today.