Dear New York Times,
If you want the Electoral College to be abolished, it is very simple. An amendment to the constitution would need to be enacted. The amendment would require at least two-thirds approval in both the House and the Senate and would then require ratification by at least 38 of the 50 states. If you want to advocate for such an amendment, you have every right to do so.
The closest this came to happening was in 1969. An EC-abolishing amendment was passed by the House and had a majority of the Senate backing it, but could not get to the two-thirds mark in the Senate. At the time it was thought 30 States would quickly ratify the proposed amendment. Since then, the States and the People have wised-up regarding the reasons for the Electoral College. No chance of getting anywhere near that level of support for EC abolition now.