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.
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.