Why Do They Only Find Democrat Votes in Recounts?

I wouldn't want to accuse anyone of cheating, but it is curious that in most recounts of recent memory, Democrats seem to be the only beneficiaries.

In 2006, there was the disgraceful Washington governor's race, in which votes were "discovered" that favored the Democrat candidate.

Now, we have the Democrat leading the Republican in Alaska, where early ballots seem to be the reason. And we have the Minnesota Secretary of State--a Democrat, of course--doing everything possible to throw the election to Al Franken, including the inclusion of tainted ballots.

Now, I know Democrats will scream and howl about "selected not elected," but everybody with any common sense realized that Democrats were determined to find enough votes to declare Al Gore the winner no matter how far they had to stretch a chad to do so. But surely someone else should notice how missing or uncounted ballots always seem to favor Democrats.

UPDATE: Allahpundit notices the same curious phenomenon.