> I dislike that the "real" IRV first checks for a 50%-plus-one majority before eliminating the bottom candidates. Suppose that a candidate has a majority at t

> I dislike that the "real" IRV first checks for a 50%-plus-one majority before eliminating the bottom candidates. Suppose that a candidate has a majority at the beginning. Then this continues to be the case as other candidates are eliminated. Thus, this majority candidate will be elected at the end. So this extra "if-clause" only speeds up computation, it does not change the voting rule.