Electoral college is unecessary

I think the electoral college is a good idea, but I think America would exist fine without it. The main purpose of the electoral college is so the smaller populated states could get a better say in the election, but if each person voted by themselves wouldn't it not matter what state you lived in? Maybe if each vote was counted individualy, more people would feel the need to vote. In this day of age with the technology we have it would not be a problem to count each vote by itself and add them all up. I think it is unfair that technically a representitive in the electoral college doesn't have to select the candidate that their state favors, they can pick who ever they want. This is too ensure that Americans wont pick ridiculous candidites such as Mickey Mouse, but I think our own government should have enough trust in its people to not be that stupid.