Uh, the "canvassers," NOT the democrats, moved the recount to a smaller place that restricted the media access to 25 feet away.  That's not exactly the same thing as "secret."

Maybe you are correct, and there is a ginormous ethical difference between the allegations now and what the republicans were proved to have done in 2000.  But in my worldview it's the same fruit of the same tree - corruption.