I've heard that according to the Constitution, the people voting is not necessary. That the Electoral College is selected by the State's Governors. And .. that's all that's really needed to elect a President.
I haven't checked this out - but if anybody has - what say you ..??
Article II, Section 1
"Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors..."
I read this to mean that the manner in which electors are chosen is entirely up to the individual states. They're not required by the Constitution to be chosen by popular vote.
The more times I read the Constitution, the more I'm impressed by how much the founding fathers must have known about the dangers of democracy, and how many safeguards against democracy they built into the Constitution. It's too bad people have completely forgotten their original intent, and now go around talking about how America's so great because of democracy.