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When you say “Congress” must ratify the arrangement you mean both houses, right?
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If this is true, then the President can veto it.

Unfortunately, I believe states can decide how electoral votes are allocated, since most states do so now by declaring that the winner of the statewide vote receives all electoral votes. Some don’t.

In actuality a state can vote to flip a coin, draw a name out a a hat, or have a wrestling match to decide the winner of electoral votes.

It would be truer to the Founding Fathers’ intent, if electoral votes were allocated according to how the majority of voters in each House District vote. Then the state would allocate the number of electors per candidate according to that vote.

Large urban areas, where election fraud can easily occur, would no longer be able to sway an election.

Truly, the wishes of the voters in each Congressional District would be expressed in the selection of a President, not as it is currently done by the majority of voters statewide deciding that all electors to the Electoral Congress be Democrat, Republican, or Independent for that state.

Each House member represents approximately 733,103 people. This is true whether 700,000 people voted, or 1,000. This way people in other areas of the state cannot choose House Members for other districts. So it should be for members of the Electoral Congress.

Should a state be able to decide that the political party receiving the majority of votes statewide choose all House Members for a state? Of course not. Of course not, this would result in every state’s House Members being from the same party.

Each state’s two Senators, prior to the 17th Amendment, represented the wishes of the state legislature.

The 17th Amendment was a move toward true democracy, which was avoided by the Founding Fathers.

It brought about the “democratic choice” of Senators by the majority of the popular vote in a state. It was promoted as giving people more input into the Senate.

Unfortunately money gets in the way, and money interests from far outside a state helps elect Senators, and in doing so, influences Senator’s stands on issues.