By Frank Kaufmann, The Stream - Human history is full of stories about people stealing from others. Cain stole Abel’s life, slavery steals people’s freedoms, and unjust taxation steals your hard-earned property... And, in today’s America, we have a new form of theft: that of your God-given right to have your vote count... For centuries, civilized countries viewed free and fair elections as sacrosanct. They were the preeminent sign that a nation is not primitive, totalitarian, and inhumane, unfolding brute power and whimsy.