diff --git a/packages/voter-stake-registry-hooks/src/hooks/useRelinquishVote.ts b/packages/voter-stake-registry-hooks/src/hooks/useRelinquishVote.ts
index 553eb51ed..1648b2ead 100644
--- a/packages/voter-stake-registry-hooks/src/hooks/useRelinquishVote.ts
+++ b/packages/voter-stake-registry-hooks/src/hooks/useRelinquishVote.ts
@@ -97,10 +97,9 @@ export const useRelinquishVote = (proposal: PublicKey) => {
               );
               const marker = markers?.[index]?.info;
               const markerK = voteMarkerKey(position.mint, proposal)[0];
+              const instructions: TransactionInstruction[] = [];
 
               if (marker && canRelinquishVote) {
-                const instructions: TransactionInstruction[] = [];
-
                 if (position.isProxiedToMe) {
                   if (marker.proxyIndex < (position.proxy?.index || 0)) {
                     // Do not vote with a position that has been delegated to us, but voting overidden
@@ -140,16 +139,19 @@ export const useRelinquishVote = (proposal: PublicKey) => {
                 );
               }
 
-              instructions.push(
-                await hsdProgram.methods
-                  .trackVoteV0()
-                  .accounts({
-                    proposal,
-                    marker: markerK,
-                    position: position.pubkey,
-                  })
-                  .instruction()
-              );
+              if (position.isDelegated) {
+                instructions.push(
+                  await hsdProgram.methods
+                    .trackVoteV0()
+                    .accounts({
+                      proposal,
+                      marker: markerK,
+                      position: position.pubkey,
+                    })
+                    .instruction()
+                );
+              }
+
               return instructions;
             })
           )
diff --git a/packages/voter-stake-registry-hooks/src/hooks/useVote.ts b/packages/voter-stake-registry-hooks/src/hooks/useVote.ts
index 8e4ef8833..298245860 100644
--- a/packages/voter-stake-registry-hooks/src/hooks/useVote.ts
+++ b/packages/voter-stake-registry-hooks/src/hooks/useVote.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,9 @@ import { useSolanaUnixNow } from "@helium/helium-react-hooks";
 import { init as hsdInit } from "@helium/helium-sub-daos-sdk";
 import { useProposal } from "@helium/modular-governance-hooks";
 import { proxyAssignmentKey } from "@helium/nft-proxy-sdk";
-import {
-  Status,
-  batchParallelInstructions,
-  truthy
-} from "@helium/spl-utils";
+import { Status, batchParallelInstructions, truthy } from "@helium/spl-utils";
 import { init, voteMarkerKey } from "@helium/voter-stake-registry-sdk";
-import {
-  PublicKey,
-  TransactionInstruction
-} from "@solana/web3.js";
+import { PublicKey, TransactionInstruction } from "@solana/web3.js";
 import BN from "bn.js";
 import { useCallback, useMemo } from "react";
 import { useAsyncCallback } from "react-async-hook";
@@ -166,9 +159,8 @@ export const useVote = (proposalKey: PublicKey) => {
               const markerK = voteMarkerKey(position.mint, proposalKey)[0];
 
               const canVote = canPositionVote(index, choice);
+              const instructions: TransactionInstruction[] = [];
               if (canVote) {
-                const instructions: TransactionInstruction[] = [];
-
                 if (position.isProxiedToMe) {
                   if (
                     marker &&
@@ -215,20 +207,25 @@ export const useVote = (proposalKey: PublicKey) => {
                 );
               }
 
-              instructions.push(
-                await hsdProgram.methods
-                  .trackVoteV0()
-                  .accounts({
-                    proposal: proposalKey,
-                    marker: markerK,
-                    position: position.pubkey,
-                  })
-                  .instruction()
-              );
+              if (position.isDelegated) {
+                instructions.push(
+                  await hsdProgram.methods
+                    .trackVoteV0()
+                    .accounts({
+                      proposal: proposalKey,
+                      marker: markerK,
+                      position: position.pubkey,
+                    })
+                    .instruction()
+                );
+              }
+
               return instructions;
             })
           )
-        ).filter(truthy).flat();
+        )
+          .filter(truthy)
+          .flat();
 
         if (onInstructions) {
           await onInstructions(instructions);
diff --git a/programs/helium-sub-daos/src/instructions/delegation/claim_rewards_v1.rs b/programs/helium-sub-daos/src/instructions/delegation/claim_rewards_v1.rs
index aad4abf0d..c91b33b19 100644
--- a/programs/helium-sub-daos/src/instructions/delegation/claim_rewards_v1.rs
+++ b/programs/helium-sub-daos/src/instructions/delegation/claim_rewards_v1.rs
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ pub fn handler(ctx: Context<ClaimRewardsV1>, args: ClaimRewardsArgsV0) -> Result
   // load the vehnt information
   let position = &mut ctx.accounts.position;
   let registrar = &ctx.accounts.registrar;
+  let curr_ts = registrar.clock_unix_timestamp();
   let voting_mint_config = &registrar.voting_mints[position.voting_mint_config_idx as usize];
 
   let delegated_position = &mut ctx.accounts.delegated_position;
@@ -187,13 +188,16 @@ pub fn handler(ctx: Context<ClaimRewardsV1>, args: ClaimRewardsArgsV0) -> Result
     .filter(|p| p.ts <= last_ts)
     .map(|rp| rp.proposal)
     .collect::<HashSet<_>>();
+
   // Check eligibility based on recent proposals
   let eligible_count = ctx
     .accounts
     .dao
     .recent_proposals
     .iter()
-    .filter(|&proposal| proposal_set.contains(&proposal.proposal))
+    .filter(|&proposal| {
+      proposal_set.contains(&proposal.proposal) || proposal.is_in_progress(curr_ts)
+    })
     .count();
   let not_four_proposals = ctx.accounts.dao.recent_proposals.len() < 4
     || ctx
diff --git a/programs/helium-sub-daos/src/state.rs b/programs/helium-sub-daos/src/state.rs
index f697cb6c6..d814bdd1c 100644
--- a/programs/helium-sub-daos/src/state.rs
+++ b/programs/helium-sub-daos/src/state.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ pub struct RecentProposal {
   pub ts: i64,
 }
 
+const ONE_WEEK: i64 = 60 * 60 * 24 * 7;
+impl RecentProposal {
+  pub fn is_in_progress(&self, curr_ts: i64) -> bool {
+    self.ts + ONE_WEEK > curr_ts
+  }
+}
+
 impl DaoEpochInfoV0 {
   pub fn size() -> usize {
     60 + 8 + std::mem::size_of::<DaoEpochInfoV0>()