Voters in states vote using approval voting - IE, you get a ballot and you put a vote next to every candidate that you like. Those vote totals are then used to calculate a preference ranking for each state, and the Electoral College elects the president using the Baldwin method.
This seems to me to be the best way to maintain the electoral college (which I think is generally good) while also allowing people the freedom to vote for third parties. I'm not 100% sold on approval voting but I feel like it's the quickest and simplest way to get to the point where you need to go.
Re: If you could choose how the president was chosen, how would you do it?
This seems to me to be the best way to maintain the electoral college (which I think is generally good) while also allowing people the freedom to vote for third parties. I'm not 100% sold on approval voting but I feel like it's the quickest and simplest way to get to the point where you need to go.