Well, thanks for the compliment, I'm glad it was read.
Responding to point out that my solution may have a new benefit to it, in that 3rd parties have a system they can gain traction in. I can't tell you how many times we've all heard that a vote for Stein or Johnson was a vote for Trump or Clinton. Many people buy into that. If their 3rd party candidate can take EC votes? The game changes. Of course, I'm sure if my solution were in place, we would eventually have a period where no one gets a majority of EC votes, so Congress ends up deciding the presidency. Fine by me in concept, but not with the current hyper-partisan atmosphere we've had for at least 10 years or so.