Over the decades, including following both the 2000 and 2016 elections, there was some discussion about a Constitutional Amendment to elect the President and Vice President by popular vote, but those discussions quickly died.
This seems very similar to the early days of the country, where the looser of the election would be Vice President.
the delegates indicated that only a strong central government could overcome the serious problems that quickly doomed the Articles of Confederation.
The articles of confederation was too small and weak to govern effectively, and unable to properly enforce and pass the laws that they made.
Moving to the next phase, amendments can be ratified by two methods: (1) by approval of three-quarters (38) of state legislatures or (2) by approval of three-quarters of state conventions.
Why are these the options for ratification?
In Clinton v. City of New York (1998), the justices ruled six to three that the Act violated Article I, §7 (the Presentment Clause) of the United States Constitution
here is info on the court case: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1997/97-1374