Due to the manner in which presidential elections were decided under the Constitution, which of the following occurred during the election of 1796? Washington became the Vice President under John Adams

A federalist could not be elected since Washington was an "unofficial" federalist

A federalist and democratic- republican filled the office of President and Vice President.

Washington was able to select the new president on his own
(PLS HELP = BRAINLIEST)

“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.” the meaning in this excerpt is