diff --git a/nano/lib/stats_enums.hpp b/nano/lib/stats_enums.hpp
index 8281754014..200143ea20 100644
--- a/nano/lib/stats_enums.hpp
+++ b/nano/lib/stats_enums.hpp
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ enum class detail
 	unchecked,
 	local,
 	forced,
+	election,
 
 	// message specific
 	not_a_type,
diff --git a/nano/node/blockprocessor.cpp b/nano/node/blockprocessor.cpp
index de314b20e9..544de7973c 100644
--- a/nano/node/blockprocessor.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/blockprocessor.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ nano::block_processor::block_processor (nano::node_config const & node_config, n
 			case nano::block_source::local:
 				return config.priority_local;
 			default:
-				return 1;
+				return config.priority_system;
 		}
 	};
 
diff --git a/nano/node/blockprocessor.hpp b/nano/node/blockprocessor.hpp
index 50ae78c2ef..1adec9ca62 100644
--- a/nano/node/blockprocessor.hpp
+++ b/nano/node/blockprocessor.hpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ enum class block_source
 	unchecked,
 	local,
 	forced,
+	election,
 };
 
 std::string_view to_string (block_source);
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ class block_processor_config final
 	size_t priority_live{ 1 };
 	size_t priority_bootstrap{ 8 };
 	size_t priority_local{ 16 };
+	size_t priority_system{ 32 };
 
 	size_t batch_size{ 256 };
 	size_t max_queued_notifications{ 8 };
diff --git a/nano/node/election.cpp b/nano/node/election.cpp
index 1e760bb938..ee64237059 100644
--- a/nano/node/election.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/election.cpp
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ void nano::election::confirm_if_quorum (nano::unique_lock<nano::mutex> & lock_a)
 {
 	debug_assert (lock_a.owns_lock ());
 	auto tally_l (tally_impl ());
-	debug_assert (!tally_l.empty ());
+	release_assert (!tally_l.empty ());
 	auto winner (tally_l.begin ());
 	auto block_l (winner->second);
 	auto const & winner_hash_l (block_l->hash ());
@@ -425,6 +425,8 @@ void nano::election::confirm_if_quorum (nano::unique_lock<nano::mutex> & lock_a)
 		}
 		if (final_weight >= node.online_reps.delta ())
 		{
+			// In some edge cases block might get rolled back while the election is confirming, reprocess it to ensure it's present in the ledger
+			node.block_processor.add (block_l, nano::block_source::election);
 			confirm_once (lock_a);
 			debug_assert (!lock_a.owns_lock ());
 		}