The provisions amending the 1887 law β€” which has long been criticized as poorly and confusingly written β€” won bipartisan support and would make it harder for future presidential losers to prevent the ascension of their foes, as Trump tried to do on Jan. 6, 2021.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-donald-trump-e4366ca9e350ef87ebbb7638517cbde3

Congress approves new election rules in Jan. 6 response

Congress on Friday gave final passage to legislation changing the arcane law that governs the certification of a presidential contest, the strongest effort yet to avoid a repeat of Donald Trump's violence-inflaming push to reverse his loss in the 2020 election.

Associated Press
@acosta we need to abolish the EC altogether.
@smFowler @acosta Of course, but we're not going to get 3/4 of the states or 2/3 of the Senators or House to agree to it, and if 2/3 of the states call a concom we've got bigger problems.