[EM] 02/01/02 - IRVing is superior in math, Steve Barney:

[Adam Tarr]

The way I would look at the IRV vs. ITTR (top two runoff) debate:

IRV advocates tout many advantages of IRV, but in reality it only has one clear 
advantage over basic plurality: as long as two parties (candidates) stay 
dominant, it prevents a spoiler vote.  ITTR shares this advantage, while being 
much simpler and less prone to misinterpretation.

But really, what's the point?  The original question seemed to be persuant to 
what you should advocate as a reform to a manual runoff election method.  The 
obvious answer is approval voting.  Easier to explain, no change in voting 
equipment, cheaper, better.