# Node Implementation - Voting¶

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## Vote rebroadcasting¶

When a block is processed, Principal Representatives evaluate whether they can generate a vote for the block (dependent blocks already confirmed, etc.). If they can, they generate the vote and publish to all other PRs they are aware of in addition to 2*sqrt(peers) of non-PR nodes. To reduce the load on PRs nodes, they do not republish incoming votes - only Non-PR nodes republish other votes to 1/2*sqrt(peers) to ensure enough coverage across the rest of the network.

Due to the direct 1:1 relationship between PR nodes, their latency is mostly geographic/network based. For Non-PRs, there is some gossiping via the random distribution, so the number of hops required is what makes up a majority of the latency and the geographic and network latency is less of a factor.

## Active transactions loop¶

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