Sam Lane for KS Sec. of State
@voiceinavacuum.bsky.social
Due Process is in the Constitution. So is Checks and Balances. But it takes the voice of the people to protect the Constitution. And the voice of the people will only be heard if our elections are fair and accurate.
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Gonna level here. I was never on board for gun control laws like the rest of the Left. (I know, school shootings, but that's a symptom of a whole other problem.) Part of me always thought that a slide into domestic fascism wasn't impossible. We need to be able to defend ourselves.
January 26, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Gonna level here. I was never on board for gun control laws like the rest of the Left. (I know, school shootings, but that's a symptom of a whole other problem.) Part of me always thought that a slide into domestic fascism wasn't impossible. We need to be able to defend ourselves.
Using a 5 year old kid as bait to abduct his parents isn't something you do to fellow human beings. It's something you do to people you view as "inferior".
When this administration's gone, and what the masked goons have done remains, I don't know how we're going to go back to being one country.
When this administration's gone, and what the masked goons have done remains, I don't know how we're going to go back to being one country.
January 24, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Using a 5 year old kid as bait to abduct his parents isn't something you do to fellow human beings. It's something you do to people you view as "inferior".
When this administration's gone, and what the masked goons have done remains, I don't know how we're going to go back to being one country.
When this administration's gone, and what the masked goons have done remains, I don't know how we're going to go back to being one country.
You know how to check how bad this oncoming polar vortex is going to be, right? You check whether or not Ted Cruz has left the country.
January 22, 2026 at 10:56 PM
You know how to check how bad this oncoming polar vortex is going to be, right? You check whether or not Ted Cruz has left the country.
Can someone explain to me why we DON'T have multilingual ballot options? Seems like an easy fix to me.
And you already know where I stand on overly harsh voter ID laws.
And you already know where I stand on overly harsh voter ID laws.
Anthony with Loud Light gave a speech about voting rights in Kansas at our rally last week!
GO TO OUR LINK IN BIO ( loudlightaction.org/voting-rights ) and tell your #Kansas legislators do NOT RESTRICT ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION IN KANSAS! #ks #ksleg
GO TO OUR LINK IN BIO ( loudlightaction.org/voting-rights ) and tell your #Kansas legislators do NOT RESTRICT ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION IN KANSAS! #ks #ksleg
January 22, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Can someone explain to me why we DON'T have multilingual ballot options? Seems like an easy fix to me.
And you already know where I stand on overly harsh voter ID laws.
And you already know where I stand on overly harsh voter ID laws.
I've learned more about KS HB2438. Apparently the intent is to address real concerns about identity theft & foreign interference. Supposedly they're not actually trying to shut down KSvotes.org, just beef up its security. I'm still worried about potential for abuse. Withholding judgement for now
KSVotes.org
KSVotes.org is the fastest, simplest way to register to vote in Kansas using just your touchscreen device.
KSvotes.org
January 20, 2026 at 3:39 AM
I've learned more about KS HB2438. Apparently the intent is to address real concerns about identity theft & foreign interference. Supposedly they're not actually trying to shut down KSvotes.org, just beef up its security. I'm still worried about potential for abuse. Withholding judgement for now
Reposted by Sam Lane for KS Sec. of State
The irony of ICE detaining and disappearing the original Americans should stop everyone cold.
As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The irony of ICE detaining and disappearing the original Americans should stop everyone cold.
As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
Reposted by Sam Lane for KS Sec. of State
How big is Greenland?
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
January 20, 2026 at 1:32 AM
How big is Greenland?
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
A MLK jr quote that stuck with me:
"A riot is the language of the unheard."
Full context:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0B...
(quote from about 1:50)
"A riot is the language of the unheard."
Full context:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0B...
(quote from about 1:50)
September 27, 1966: MLK—A riot is the language of the unheard
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
www.youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
A MLK jr quote that stuck with me:
"A riot is the language of the unheard."
Full context:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0B...
(quote from about 1:50)
"A riot is the language of the unheard."
Full context:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0B...
(quote from about 1:50)
The Kansas ACLU makes several good points about HB2438. Remember that the best voter suppression schemes work by looking harmless.
www.aclukansas.org/app/uploads/...
www.aclukansas.org/app/uploads/...
www.aclukansas.org
January 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The Kansas ACLU makes several good points about HB2438. Remember that the best voter suppression schemes work by looking harmless.
www.aclukansas.org/app/uploads/...
www.aclukansas.org/app/uploads/...
This is EXACTLY why I want this job. If we let someone with ill intent become the next Secretary of State, bills like HB2438 will make it way too easy to shut down voter registration with simple neglect. I'm running to block that power from going to someone who would abuse it.
Yesterday we testified in committee on a bill (HB2438) that would RESTRICT online Kansas voter registration.... DURING AN ELECTION YEAR.
Did we mention that it's a major election year for Kansas?
🚨HEAD TO loudlightaction.org/voting-rights AND CONTACT YOUR KS LEGISLATORS🚨
#kansas #ksleg
Did we mention that it's a major election year for Kansas?
🚨HEAD TO loudlightaction.org/voting-rights AND CONTACT YOUR KS LEGISLATORS🚨
#kansas #ksleg
January 16, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This is EXACTLY why I want this job. If we let someone with ill intent become the next Secretary of State, bills like HB2438 will make it way too easy to shut down voter registration with simple neglect. I'm running to block that power from going to someone who would abuse it.
My issue with #Greenland:
Yes, I can see the strategic value on multiple fronts. But everything we want we could have gotten through trade and diplomacy, WITHOUT antagonizing the Indigenous population, or risking war with --of all things-- N.A.T.O.
Yes, I can see the strategic value on multiple fronts. But everything we want we could have gotten through trade and diplomacy, WITHOUT antagonizing the Indigenous population, or risking war with --of all things-- N.A.T.O.
January 16, 2026 at 9:45 PM
My issue with #Greenland:
Yes, I can see the strategic value on multiple fronts. But everything we want we could have gotten through trade and diplomacy, WITHOUT antagonizing the Indigenous population, or risking war with --of all things-- N.A.T.O.
Yes, I can see the strategic value on multiple fronts. But everything we want we could have gotten through trade and diplomacy, WITHOUT antagonizing the Indigenous population, or risking war with --of all things-- N.A.T.O.
Me:
I wonder why whites who subscribe to #ReplacementTheory are so convinced that they'll be persecuted when they're no longer the majority.
Also me:
*looks at how they treat minorities now*
Also me:
Oh, well I guess the precedent has been set.
I wonder why whites who subscribe to #ReplacementTheory are so convinced that they'll be persecuted when they're no longer the majority.
Also me:
*looks at how they treat minorities now*
Also me:
Oh, well I guess the precedent has been set.
January 14, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Me:
I wonder why whites who subscribe to #ReplacementTheory are so convinced that they'll be persecuted when they're no longer the majority.
Also me:
*looks at how they treat minorities now*
Also me:
Oh, well I guess the precedent has been set.
I wonder why whites who subscribe to #ReplacementTheory are so convinced that they'll be persecuted when they're no longer the majority.
Also me:
*looks at how they treat minorities now*
Also me:
Oh, well I guess the precedent has been set.
Just updated my campaign website with a list of other Kansas candidates' websites -- Democrat and Republican! Now you have a base camp for your expedition to figure out who you want to vote for in the August primary.
www.samuellane.org/othercandida...
www.samuellane.org/othercandida...
Other Candidates | Samlane
Links to campaign websites for other Kansas candidates, Democrat and Republican
www.samuellane.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Just updated my campaign website with a list of other Kansas candidates' websites -- Democrat and Republican! Now you have a base camp for your expedition to figure out who you want to vote for in the August primary.
www.samuellane.org/othercandida...
www.samuellane.org/othercandida...
We’re becoming the Soviet Union. We’ve got an autocrat, oligarchs, propaganda, a failing economy, and we’re working on conquering satellite states. The only difference is instead of selling our dictatorship as communism, we sell it as freedom.
January 9, 2026 at 4:29 AM
We’re becoming the Soviet Union. We’ve got an autocrat, oligarchs, propaganda, a failing economy, and we’re working on conquering satellite states. The only difference is instead of selling our dictatorship as communism, we sell it as freedom.
Today is a reminder of the power of lies.
People were told the election was illegitimate. They lived in echo chamber political spaces. They listened to the people they had already decided were legitimate. They believed what they wanted to believe. They attempted a violent coup against the U.S.
People were told the election was illegitimate. They lived in echo chamber political spaces. They listened to the people they had already decided were legitimate. They believed what they wanted to believe. They attempted a violent coup against the U.S.
January 7, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Today is a reminder of the power of lies.
People were told the election was illegitimate. They lived in echo chamber political spaces. They listened to the people they had already decided were legitimate. They believed what they wanted to believe. They attempted a violent coup against the U.S.
People were told the election was illegitimate. They lived in echo chamber political spaces. They listened to the people they had already decided were legitimate. They believed what they wanted to believe. They attempted a violent coup against the U.S.
Reposted by Sam Lane for KS Sec. of State
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
One thing that's always put me at odds with authority figures is the belief that rules (like international law) should apply equally to everyone. If you kidnap Maduro for a trial in the US, are you prepared to be whisked away to Tehran for your own trial?
Don't take up the sword unless (Mat 26:52)
Don't take up the sword unless (Mat 26:52)
January 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
One thing that's always put me at odds with authority figures is the belief that rules (like international law) should apply equally to everyone. If you kidnap Maduro for a trial in the US, are you prepared to be whisked away to Tehran for your own trial?
Don't take up the sword unless (Mat 26:52)
Don't take up the sword unless (Mat 26:52)
Ethiopian saying:
Wisdom is attained at sixty, money at thirty. If only it were reversed.
Me:
Do you want millennials? Because that's how you get millennials.
Wisdom is attained at sixty, money at thirty. If only it were reversed.
Me:
Do you want millennials? Because that's how you get millennials.
December 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Ethiopian saying:
Wisdom is attained at sixty, money at thirty. If only it were reversed.
Me:
Do you want millennials? Because that's how you get millennials.
Wisdom is attained at sixty, money at thirty. If only it were reversed.
Me:
Do you want millennials? Because that's how you get millennials.
I grew up in a pretty solidly Christian area, so I used to think "Happy Holidays" just meant "Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year".
Happy Holidays, whatever you celebrate. New Year's included.
Happy Holidays, whatever you celebrate. New Year's included.
December 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I grew up in a pretty solidly Christian area, so I used to think "Happy Holidays" just meant "Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year".
Happy Holidays, whatever you celebrate. New Year's included.
Happy Holidays, whatever you celebrate. New Year's included.
I was very surprised to learn today that Johnson County Election Commissioner Fred Sherman was forced to resign. I met Sherman once, and found him to be helpful, professional, and non-partisan. I'm waiting to see if more information emerges.
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
Johnson County's top election official resigns abruptly, saying he was forced out
Fred Sherman had served as Johnson County election commissioner since 2021. "I was given the option to resign or be terminated from the position, and I elected to resign," Sherman wrote on social medi...
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December 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I was very surprised to learn today that Johnson County Election Commissioner Fred Sherman was forced to resign. I met Sherman once, and found him to be helpful, professional, and non-partisan. I'm waiting to see if more information emerges.
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
So there's this one Supreme Court case called Citizens United vs FEC (2010). It didn't create the problem. It just made an existing problem much worse.
December 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
So there's this one Supreme Court case called Citizens United vs FEC (2010). It didn't create the problem. It just made an existing problem much worse.
And we thought Biden was out of touch....
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
Trump Doubles Down On Attacks Against ‘Affordability,’ Calls It A Hoax
Trump claimed in a speech Tuesday that prices for consumers were “going down very substantially” as economic confidence among Americans remains near historic lows.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
And we thought Biden was out of touch....
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
Life hack
If you ever find yourself in a position to buy a new car, spend a little extra to get the premium version. That way you can spice up your daily commute with a twang of imposter syndrome.
If you ever find yourself in a position to buy a new car, spend a little extra to get the premium version. That way you can spice up your daily commute with a twang of imposter syndrome.
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Life hack
If you ever find yourself in a position to buy a new car, spend a little extra to get the premium version. That way you can spice up your daily commute with a twang of imposter syndrome.
If you ever find yourself in a position to buy a new car, spend a little extra to get the premium version. That way you can spice up your daily commute with a twang of imposter syndrome.
My grandfather's old 48-star flag, me trying to remember how he taught me to fold it. He served in the Pacific Theater in 1945.
Some of us don't forget.
Some of us don't forget.
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
My grandfather's old 48-star flag, me trying to remember how he taught me to fold it. He served in the Pacific Theater in 1945.
Some of us don't forget.
Some of us don't forget.
I kind of have the urge to open a doughnut shop and name it "Hole Foods".
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I kind of have the urge to open a doughnut shop and name it "Hole Foods".