The founders couldn't have anticipated how low we would have sunk. Their method made sense for the first 200 years, but we've since lost our minds. We live in a world where there is mostly no penalty for being stupid.
I agree the method made sense for the Founders, it just doesn’t make much today. It is thus pretty much a meaningless technicality.
We should, IMO, still obey even the meaningless technicalities in the Constitution, but shouldn’t deceive ourselves about what they actually are.