This is incorrect. There was no competing slate of electors during Jefferson's 1800 election. What happened was GA's certificate of electors was found to be somewhat deficient. Jefferson counted them anyway - without any objection from Congress.
In the case of Nixon, the Governor certified both Republican and Democratic electors. First, the Republican slate. After a court-mandated recount found that Kennedy won, the Governor certified the Democratic electors. Nixon, in fact, counted certified electoral votes. If he did count the Republican votes, Congress has the right to object to it.
It's what Jefferson did.
No, what Nixon did was even more brazen. He counted electoral votes that likely had no certification over electoral votes that had full certification.
This is incorrect. There was no competing slate of electors during Jefferson's 1800 election. What happened was GA's certificate of electors was found to be somewhat deficient. Jefferson counted them anyway - without any objection from Congress.
In the case of Nixon, the Governor certified both Republican and Democratic electors. First, the Republican slate. After a court-mandated recount found that Kennedy won, the Governor certified the Democratic electors. Nixon, in fact, counted certified electoral votes. If he did count the Republican votes, Congress has the right to object to it.