Millis Democracy

05/30/2026

Millis Democracy at the Convention. Democrats stand for freedom for all to have a voice.

05/28/2026

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https://vimeo.com/event/5957665

Only two days until the MassDems Convention! Can’t make it in person? Tune in live using the link in our bio — livestream available in English and Spanish.

05/25/2026

https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/956328/?referring_vol=763118&rname=Lea&share_context=event_details&share_medium=copy_link×lot=6009535

This training is part of the 8-week No Kings Mobilization Lab series for No Kings host teams to learn skills to support you in the fight against authoritarian abuses of power.

Sign up for other trainings and workshops in the series here: https://www.nokings.org/mobilization-lab

As a No Kings host, you are building a mass movement against authoritarianism. That means creating actions that build power in your community. In this training, leading experts will teach you how to grow your supporters and empower new folks to take on new responsibilities and roles. Learn key skill...

05/25/2026

The 2026 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention will take place on Friday, May 29, and Saturday, May 30, at the DCU Center.

This is a nominating convention for statewide Democratic candidates.

05/23/2026

05/16/2026

What if any candidate could request two things after any election — a hand-count spot check of randomly selected precincts, and a sampled verification of who actually voted in them?
Not a full recount. Not a witch hunt. Not expensive. Not time consuming. Just two targeted, transparent checks that give everyone an answer grounded in actual data.
On the machines: some states already do this. North Carolina has required bipartisan hand-count audits after every election since 2006 (NCSBE) — ballots counted by hand, compared to machine totals, publicly. Colorado became the first state to implement risk-limiting audits statewide in 2017. (Wikipedia) Arizona does it too.
On the voters: North Carolina goes further. Its post-election provisional ballot audit cross-checks voter data against the DMV database, incomplete registration records, and the registration rolls as of Election Day — and uses geocoding to confirm voters actually lived in the county where they cast a ballot. (NCSBE)
The MIT Election Data + Science Lab frames the whole point clearly: audits exist to ensure the election was properly conducted and the correct winners were declared — and to convince the public of the first thing. (MIT Election Lab)
The Verified Voting Foundation adds: well-designed audits that find significant discrepancies can escalate all the way to a full hand count. (Verified Voting)
So here's the question: if the claims of rigged machines and invalid voters are true, audits like these would catch it. If they're not true, audits like these would prove it.
Why isn't this standard everywhere? And why isn't Massachusetts leading on it?
S.517 is a start. We can push for more.

05/12/2026

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05/11/2026

What can we do to increase men's involvement? The "Then they came for me" poem applies to them too.

During Donald Trump’s initial term, my activist organization, based in Brooklyn, was uniquely established by two men but predominantly consisted of women, making up around 65% of our membership. Since the November 2024 elections, our group has expanded significantly, with women now representing ap...

05/07/2026

On Tuesday, May 5, the newly formed Millis Republican Town committee held an election forum in which people running for office presented or had their letters read out loud. They agreed for us to film the event to share with the public.

The two candidates for Select Board Erin Underhill and Jim McCay answered numerous questions from the organizers and the attendees.

This is a link to the video: https://photos.app.goo.gl/VwrqPhCH4dQ76Du16