I'm very confused by your rationale. Many systems are fine with calling the plurality the winner--I don't see why the EC gives any more weight to the results.

I'm very confused by your rationale. Many systems are fine with calling the plurality the winner--I don't see why the EC gives any more weight to the results. Other systems have runoffs instead. I think it's very unfortunate how high the bar is for third-party candidates to be competitive.