diff --git a/nano/node/active_transactions.cpp b/nano/node/active_transactions.cpp
index aa816fa9eb..c7411a4c63 100644
--- a/nano/node/active_transactions.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/active_transactions.cpp
@@ -480,27 +480,10 @@ std::unordered_map<nano::block_hash, nano::vote_code> nano::active_transactions:
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!process.empty ())
+	for (auto const & [block_hash, election] : process)
 	{
-		bool processed = false;
-
-		for (auto const & [block_hash, election] : process)
-		{
-			auto const vote_result = election->vote (vote->account, vote->timestamp (), block_hash, source);
-			results[block_hash] = vote_result;
-
-			processed |= (vote_result == nano::vote_code::vote);
-		}
-
-		// Republish vote if it is new and the node does not host a principal representative (or close to)
-		if (processed)
-		{
-			auto const reps (node.wallets.reps ());
-			if (!reps.have_half_rep () && !reps.exists (vote->account))
-			{
-				node.network.flood_vote (vote, 0.5f);
-			}
-		}
+		auto const vote_result = election->vote (vote->account, vote->timestamp (), block_hash, source);
+		results[block_hash] = vote_result;
 	}
 
 	// All hashes should have their result set
diff --git a/nano/node/node.cpp b/nano/node/node.cpp
index 3c1cf7b3a6..479c0df1f9 100644
--- a/nano/node/node.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/node.cpp
@@ -220,6 +220,21 @@ nano::node::node (std::shared_ptr<boost::asio::io_context> io_ctx_a, std::filesy
 		vote_cache.observe (vote, source, results);
 	});
 
+	// Republish vote if it is new and the node does not host a principal representative (or close to)
+	active.vote_processed.add ([this] (std::shared_ptr<nano::vote> const & vote, nano::vote_source source, std::unordered_map<nano::block_hash, nano::vote_code> const & results) {
+		bool processed = std::any_of (results.begin (), results.end (), [] (auto const & result) {
+			return result.second == nano::vote_code::vote;
+		});
+		if (processed)
+		{
+			auto const reps = wallets.reps ();
+			if (!reps.have_half_rep () && !reps.exists (vote->account))
+			{
+				network.flood_vote (vote, 0.5f);
+			}
+		}
+	});
+
 	if (!init_error ())
 	{
 		// Notify election schedulers when AEC frees election slot