diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage.rs b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
index dc28fcaaa..5134ded31 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
@@ -1115,9 +1115,12 @@ impl BankingStage {
                 let tx: VersionedTransaction = limited_deserialize(&p.data[0..p.meta.size]).ok()?;
                 let message_bytes = Self::packet_message(p)?;
                 let message_hash = Message::hash_raw_message(message_bytes);
-                let tx = SanitizedTransaction::try_create(tx, message_hash, |_| {
-                    Err(TransactionError::UnsupportedVersion)
-                })
+                let tx = SanitizedTransaction::try_create(
+                    tx,
+                    message_hash,
+                    Some(p.meta.is_simple_vote_tx),
+                    |_| Err(TransactionError::UnsupportedVersion),
+                )
                 .ok()?;
                 tx.verify_precompiles(feature_set).ok()?;
                 Some((tx, *tx_index))
diff --git a/ledger-tool/src/main.rs b/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
index 41c0101fe..2b3c8fb6f 100644
--- a/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
+++ b/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ fn output_slot(
             for transaction in entry.transactions {
                 let tx_signature = transaction.signatures[0];
                 let sanitize_result =
-                    SanitizedTransaction::try_create(transaction, Hash::default(), |_| {
+                    SanitizedTransaction::try_create(transaction, Hash::default(), None, |_| {
                         Err(TransactionError::UnsupportedVersion)
                     });
 
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ fn compute_slot_cost(blockstore: &Blockstore, slot: Slot) -> Result<(), String>
             .transactions
             .into_iter()
             .filter_map(|transaction| {
-                SanitizedTransaction::try_create(transaction, Hash::default(), |_| {
+                SanitizedTransaction::try_create(transaction, Hash::default(), None, |_| {
                     Err(TransactionError::UnsupportedVersion)
                 })
                 .map_err(|err| {
diff --git a/rpc/src/rpc.rs b/rpc/src/rpc.rs
index 047d85aad..b6627bd63 100644
--- a/rpc/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/rpc.rs
@@ -4172,7 +4172,7 @@ where
 
 fn sanitize_transaction(transaction: VersionedTransaction) -> Result<SanitizedTransaction> {
     let message_hash = transaction.message.hash();
-    SanitizedTransaction::try_create(transaction, message_hash, |_| {
+    SanitizedTransaction::try_create(transaction, message_hash, None, |_| {
         Err(TransactionError::UnsupportedVersion)
     })
     .map_err(|err| Error::invalid_params(format!("invalid transaction: {}", err)))
diff --git a/runtime/src/bank.rs b/runtime/src/bank.rs
index a358123f5..7115a61b8 100644
--- a/runtime/src/bank.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/bank.rs
@@ -489,7 +489,6 @@ pub type TransactionExecutionResult = (Result<()>, Option<NonceRollbackFull>);
 pub struct TransactionResults {
     pub fee_collection_results: Vec<Result<()>>,
     pub execution_results: Vec<TransactionExecutionResult>,
-    pub overwritten_vote_accounts: Vec<OverwrittenVoteAccount>,
     pub rent_debits: Vec<RentDebits>,
 }
 pub struct TransactionSimulationResult {
@@ -502,11 +501,6 @@ pub struct TransactionBalancesSet {
     pub pre_balances: TransactionBalances,
     pub post_balances: TransactionBalances,
 }
-pub struct OverwrittenVoteAccount {
-    pub account: VoteAccount,
-    pub transaction_index: usize,
-    pub transaction_result_index: usize,
-}
 
 impl TransactionBalancesSet {
     pub fn new(pre_balances: TransactionBalances, post_balances: TransactionBalances) -> Self {
@@ -3273,7 +3267,7 @@ impl Bank {
             .into_iter()
             .map(|tx| {
                 let message_hash = tx.message.hash();
-                SanitizedTransaction::try_create(tx, message_hash, |_| {
+                SanitizedTransaction::try_create(tx, message_hash, None, |_| {
                     Err(TransactionError::UnsupportedVersion)
                 })
             })
@@ -4133,8 +4127,7 @@ impl Bank {
         let rent_debits = self.collect_rent(executed, loaded_txs);
 
         let mut update_stakes_cache_time = Measure::start("update_stakes_cache_time");
-        let overwritten_vote_accounts =
-            self.update_stakes_cache(sanitized_txs, executed, loaded_txs);
+        self.update_stakes_cache(sanitized_txs, executed, loaded_txs);
         update_stakes_cache_time.stop();
 
         // once committed there is no way to unroll
@@ -4155,7 +4148,6 @@ impl Bank {
         TransactionResults {
             fee_collection_results,
             execution_results: executed.to_vec(),
-            overwritten_vote_accounts,
             rent_debits,
         }
     }
@@ -5486,7 +5478,7 @@ impl Bank {
                 tx.message.hash()
             };
 
-            SanitizedTransaction::try_create(tx, message_hash, |_| {
+            SanitizedTransaction::try_create(tx, message_hash, None, |_| {
                 Err(TransactionError::UnsupportedVersion)
             })
         }?;
@@ -5721,8 +5713,7 @@ impl Bank {
         txs: &[SanitizedTransaction],
         res: &[TransactionExecutionResult],
         loaded_txs: &[TransactionLoadResult],
-    ) -> Vec<OverwrittenVoteAccount> {
-        let mut overwritten_vote_accounts = vec![];
+    ) {
         for (i, ((raccs, _load_nonce_rollback), tx)) in loaded_txs.iter().zip(txs).enumerate() {
             let (res, _res_nonce_rollback) = &res[i];
             if res.is_err() || raccs.is_err() {
@@ -5736,22 +5727,13 @@ impl Bank {
                 .zip(loaded_transaction.accounts.iter())
                 .filter(|(_i, (_pubkey, account))| (Stakes::is_stake(account)))
             {
-                if let Some(old_vote_account) = self.stakes.write().unwrap().store(
+                self.stakes.write().unwrap().store(
                     pubkey,
                     account,
                     self.stakes_remove_delegation_if_inactive_enabled(),
-                ) {
-                    // TODO: one of the indices is redundant.
-                    overwritten_vote_accounts.push(OverwrittenVoteAccount {
-                        account: old_vote_account,
-                        transaction_index: i,
-                        transaction_result_index: i,
-                    });
-                }
+                );
             }
         }
-
-        overwritten_vote_accounts
     }
 
     /// current stake delegations for this bank
diff --git a/runtime/src/bank_utils.rs b/runtime/src/bank_utils.rs
index 1f5ed67aa..9f8280c68 100644
--- a/runtime/src/bank_utils.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/bank_utils.rs
@@ -35,21 +35,21 @@ pub fn find_and_send_votes(
     vote_sender: Option<&ReplayVoteSender>,
 ) {
     let TransactionResults {
-        execution_results,
-        overwritten_vote_accounts,
-        ..
+        execution_results, ..
     } = tx_results;
     if let Some(vote_sender) = vote_sender {
-        for old_account in overwritten_vote_accounts {
-            assert!(execution_results[old_account.transaction_result_index]
-                .0
-                .is_ok());
-            let tx = &sanitized_txs[old_account.transaction_index];
-            if let Some(parsed_vote) = vote_transaction::parse_sanitized_vote_transaction(tx) {
-                if parsed_vote.1.slots.last().is_some() {
-                    let _ = vote_sender.send(parsed_vote);
+        sanitized_txs.iter().zip(execution_results.iter()).for_each(
+            |(tx, (result, _nonce_rollback))| {
+                if tx.is_simple_vote_transaction() && result.is_ok() {
+                    if let Some(parsed_vote) =
+                        vote_transaction::parse_sanitized_vote_transaction(tx)
+                    {
+                        if parsed_vote.1.slots.last().is_some() {
+                            let _ = vote_sender.send(parsed_vote);
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-        }
+            },
+        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/runtime/src/stakes.rs b/runtime/src/stakes.rs
index ac2e745f8..10b87b459 100644
--- a/runtime/src/stakes.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/stakes.rs
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ impl Stakes {
         pubkey: &Pubkey,
         account: &AccountSharedData,
         remove_delegation_on_inactive: bool,
-    ) -> Option<VoteAccount> {
+    ) {
         if solana_vote_program::check_id(account.owner()) {
             // unconditionally remove existing at first; there is no dependent calculated state for
             // votes, not like stakes (stake codepath maintains calculated stake value grouped by
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ impl Stakes {
                 self.vote_accounts
                     .insert(*pubkey, (stake, VoteAccount::from(account.clone())));
             }
-            old.map(|(_, account)| account)
         } else if stake::program::check_id(account.owner()) {
             //  old_stake is stake lamports and voter_pubkey from the pre-store() version
             let old_stake = self.stake_delegations.get(pubkey).map(|delegation| {
@@ -263,13 +262,11 @@ impl Stakes {
             } else if let Some(delegation) = delegation {
                 self.stake_delegations.insert(*pubkey, delegation);
             }
-            None
         } else {
             // there is no need to remove possibly existing Stakes cache entries with given
             // `pubkey` because this isn't possible, first of all.
             // Runtime always enforces an intermediary write of account.lamports == 0,
             // when not-System111-owned account.owner is swapped.
-            None
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/sdk/src/transaction/sanitized.rs b/sdk/src/transaction/sanitized.rs
index bc602e9cc..bbc4e61e4 100644
--- a/sdk/src/transaction/sanitized.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/transaction/sanitized.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use {
 pub struct SanitizedTransaction {
     message: SanitizedMessage,
     message_hash: Hash,
+    is_simple_vote_tx: bool,
     signatures: Vec<Signature>,
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ impl SanitizedTransaction {
     pub fn try_create(
         tx: VersionedTransaction,
         message_hash: Hash,
+        is_simple_vote_tx: Option<bool>,
         address_mapper: impl Fn(&v0::Message) -> Result<MappedAddresses>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         tx.sanitize()?;
@@ -58,9 +60,15 @@ impl SanitizedTransaction {
             return Err(TransactionError::AccountLoadedTwice);
         }
 
+        let is_simple_vote_tx = is_simple_vote_tx.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            let mut ix_iter = message.program_instructions_iter();
+            ix_iter.next().map(|(program_id, _ix)| program_id) == Some(&crate::vote::program::id())
+        });
+
         Ok(Self {
             message,
             message_hash,
+            is_simple_vote_tx,
             signatures,
         })
     }
@@ -76,6 +84,7 @@ impl SanitizedTransaction {
         Self {
             message_hash: tx.message.hash(),
             message: SanitizedMessage::Legacy(tx.message),
+            is_simple_vote_tx: false,
             signatures: tx.signatures,
         }
     }
@@ -106,6 +115,11 @@ impl SanitizedTransaction {
         &self.message_hash
     }
 
+    /// Returns true if this transaction is a simple vote
+    pub fn is_simple_vote_transaction(&self) -> bool {
+        self.is_simple_vote_tx
+    }
+
     /// Convert this sanitized transaction into a versioned transaction for
     /// recording in the ledger.
     pub fn to_versioned_transaction(&self) -> VersionedTransaction {