Not true.
Thomas Jefferson did it and became president because of that (He was VP at the time and counting his own votes).
Nixon did not count his own certified elector votes from Hawaii in 1960 and instead chose JFK's non-certified votes. Certification didn't matter at all. If it had, then Nixon would have been required to count the votes for himself.
Jefferson didn’t cast aside any electors in 1800. It was a tie, with no one having a majority of electoral votes so it went to the House. The House held 35 ballots and were tied between Jefferson and Burr. Hamilton intervened and convinced Federalists to back Jefferson and lots of people changed to Jefferson or Abstained and Jefferson won. Jefferson didn’t do any ballot picking or choosing in the election of 1800. It WAS controversial though.
Not true. Thomas Jefferson did it and became president because of that (He was VP at the time and counting his own votes). Nixon did not count his own certified elector votes from Hawaii in 1960 and instead chose JFK's non-certified votes. Certification didn't matter at all. If it had, then Nixon would have been required to count the votes for himself.
As I said:
In both those cases, Congress didn't give a fuck because it was obvious who the votes were for so there were no objections.
In 1876, when there actually was a massive controversy about the electoral votes, the VP didn't do anything.
1876 was an illegal and off the books decision though. They didn't follow any constitutional procedure, this is all Calvinball now.
That's my point.
There have been times the VP did do something, however. So it could go however it goes.
Jefferson didn’t cast aside any electors in 1800. It was a tie, with no one having a majority of electoral votes so it went to the House. The House held 35 ballots and were tied between Jefferson and Burr. Hamilton intervened and convinced Federalists to back Jefferson and lots of people changed to Jefferson or Abstained and Jefferson won. Jefferson didn’t do any ballot picking or choosing in the election of 1800. It WAS controversial though.