diff --git a/fireflies/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/fireflies/View.java b/fireflies/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/fireflies/View.java
index 825e5442b..ab8abcf5d 100644
--- a/fireflies/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/fireflies/View.java
+++ b/fireflies/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/fireflies/View.java
@@ -352,15 +352,21 @@ void finalizeViewChange() {
             log.info("Finalizing view change: {} required: {} observers: {} for: {} on: {}", context.getId(), majority,
                      viewManagement.observers.stream().toList(), currentView(), node.getId());
             HashMultiset<Ballot> ballots = HashMultiset.create();
-            observations.values().forEach(vc -> {
-                final var leaving = new ArrayList<>(
-                vc.getChange().getLeavesList().stream().map(Digest::from).collect(Collectors.toSet()));
-                final var joining = new ArrayList<>(
-                vc.getChange().getJoinsList().stream().map(Digest::from).collect(Collectors.toSet()));
-                leaving.sort(Ordering.natural());
-                joining.sort(Ordering.natural());
-                ballots.add(new Ballot(Digest.from(vc.getChange().getCurrent()), leaving, joining, digestAlgo));
-            });
+            final var current = currentView();
+            observations.values()
+                        .stream()
+                        .filter(vc -> current.equals(Digest.from(vc.getChange().getCurrent())))
+                        .forEach(vc -> {
+                            final var leaving = new ArrayList<>(
+                            vc.getChange().getLeavesList().stream().map(Digest::from).collect(Collectors.toSet()));
+                            final var joining = new ArrayList<>(
+                            vc.getChange().getJoinsList().stream().map(Digest::from).collect(Collectors.toSet()));
+                            leaving.sort(Ordering.natural());
+                            joining.sort(Ordering.natural());
+                            ballots.add(
+                            new Ballot(Digest.from(vc.getChange().getCurrent()), leaving, joining, digestAlgo));
+                        });
+            observations.clear();
             var max = ballots.entrySet()
                              .stream()
                              .max(Ordering.natural().onResultOf(Multiset.Entry::getCount))
@@ -369,14 +375,12 @@ void finalizeViewChange() {
                 log.info("View consensus successful: {} required: {} cardinality: {} for: {} on: {}", max, majority,
                          viewManagement.cardinality(), currentView(), node.getId());
                 viewManagement.install(max.getElement());
-                observations.clear();
             } else {
                 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                 final var reversed = Comparator.comparing(e -> ((Entry<Ballot>) e).getCount()).reversed();
                 log.info("View consensus failed: {}, required: {} cardinality: {} ballots: {} for: {} on: {}",
                          observations.size(), majority, viewManagement.cardinality(),
-                         ballots.entrySet().stream().sorted(reversed).limit(1).toList(), currentView(), node.getId());
-                observations.clear();
+                         ballots.entrySet().stream().sorted(reversed).toList(), currentView(), node.getId());
             }
 
             scheduleViewChange();
diff --git a/fireflies/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/fireflies/ViewManagement.java b/fireflies/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/fireflies/ViewManagement.java
index e65d036d1..3c6556fe0 100644
--- a/fireflies/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/fireflies/ViewManagement.java
+++ b/fireflies/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/fireflies/ViewManagement.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 package com.salesforce.apollo.fireflies;
 
 import com.codahale.metrics.Timer;
-import com.google.common.base.Objects;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.bloomFilters.BloomFilter;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.context.DynamicContext;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.cryptography.Digest;
@@ -578,20 +577,14 @@ private void setDiadem(final HexBloom hex) {
     record Ballot(Digest view, List<Digest> leaving, List<Digest> joining, int hash) {
 
         Ballot(Digest view, List<Digest> leaving, List<Digest> joining, DigestAlgorithm algo) {
-            this(view, leaving, joining, view.xor(joining.stream().reduce(Digest::xor).orElse(algo.getOrigin()))
-                                             .xor(leaving.stream()
-                                                         .reduce(Digest::xor)
-                                                         .orElse(algo.getOrigin())
-                                                         .xor(
-                                                         joining.stream().reduce(Digest::xor).orElse(algo.getOrigin())))
-                                             .hashCode());
+            this(view, leaving, joining, Objects.hash(view, joining, leaving));
         }
 
         @Override
         public boolean equals(Object obj) {
             if (obj instanceof Ballot b) {
-                return Objects.equal(view, b.view) && Objects.equal(leaving, b.leaving) && Objects.equal(joining,
-                                                                                                         b.joining);
+                return Objects.equals(view, b.view) && Objects.equals(leaving, b.leaving) && Objects.equals(joining,
+                                                                                                            b.joining);
             }
             return false;
         }
@@ -603,7 +596,7 @@ public int hashCode() {
 
         @Override
         public String toString() {
-            return String.format("{h: %s, j: %s, l: %s}", hash, joining.size(), leaving.size());
+            return String.format("{v: %s, h: %s, j: %s, l: %s}", view, hash, joining.size(), leaving.size());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/thoth/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/thoth/KerlDHT.java b/thoth/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/thoth/KerlDHT.java
index 155d381b1..d26b94557 100644
--- a/thoth/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/thoth/KerlDHT.java
+++ b/thoth/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/thoth/KerlDHT.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 import org.h2.jdbcx.JdbcConnectionPool;
 import org.jooq.DSLContext;
 import org.jooq.SQLDialect;
+import org.jooq.exception.DataAccessException;
 import org.jooq.impl.DSL;
 import org.joou.ULong;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -946,6 +947,8 @@ private void updateLocationHash(Identifier identifier) {
             log.error("Cannot update location hash for: {} on: {}", identifier, member.getId());
             throw new IllegalStateException(
             "Cannot update location hash S for: %s on: %s".formatted(identifier, member.getId()));
+        } catch (DataAccessException e) {
+            log.trace("Duplicate location hash for: {} on: {}", identifier, member.getId());
         }
     }