Millis Democracy

06/18/2026

06/10/2026

One thing MAGA got right: election rigging is real. They just lied about who's doing it.
MAGA accusing others of what it does is called "Projection". Projection is a powerful tool. When you plan to do something, accuse your opponents of it first — it poisons the well, makes the truth sound like a conspiracy theory, and gets good-faith people to police each other into silence.
It worked. For four years, many of us flinched at any mention of election integrity because we didn't want to sound like them.
That's exactly how projection is supposed to work.
Now there's a new data point — and it has nothing to do with Democrats or 2020. The Election Truth Alliance has released a preliminary analysis of the 2026 Kentucky 4th District Republican Primary. Thomas Massie, one of the few Republicans in Congress willing to stand up to Trump, just lost his seat. The numbers are striking:
📊 Total votes nearly doubled from 52,000 to 105,000
📊 Massie's vote total grew 19%. His opponent's grew 357%
📊 Four statistical fraud signatures detected at the county level — ones that cancel each other out at the district level, making the totals look normal
The analysts call this evidence, not proof — and they're asking for what we should always be able to demand: a full hand recount and paper ballot audit.
Projection silenced us. The answer isn't silence — it's AUDITS of a FEW COUNTIES!

06/09/2026

Trump steals the Massie primary with clever machine manipulation that the standard integrity tests can't catch.

To prove: all they need is a paper audit of one county! Will somebody have the courage to call for it???

The Deeper Our Analysts Looked, the More Surprising the Findings Became | Preliminary Report

06/09/2026

Join us for our monthly meeting on 6/9 at 6:30-7:30PM Room 104 in Millis Town Hall.

We will discuss plans for the coming months, how to support the mid-terms as those are super important, NoKings Get Ready to Rise Up and Sing Out on 6/14.

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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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

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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.

05/16/2026

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.