This is my 3rd attempt to send this letter. Thanks to netcom's real funky shell service, it will be necessary to post it in a number of very short installments. David-- As you said, both Runoff & IRO meet Majority Loser. They also both meet Condorcet loser. As you also said, IRO, but not Runoff meets Clone Independence. Likewise for Mutual majority. But those latter 2 criteria are special case criteria. Runoff, when it guarantees a CW will win if it comes in 1st or 2nd in the 1st balloting, gives us a more generally helpful guarantee. Mike
