diff --git a/src/gridcoin/voting/result.cpp b/src/gridcoin/voting/result.cpp
index 51047e546a..8ef7fd3f1f 100644
--- a/src/gridcoin/voting/result.cpp
+++ b/src/gridcoin/voting/result.cpp
@@ -893,10 +893,13 @@ class VoteCounter
 
         {
             LOCK(cs_tx_val_commit_to_disk);
+            LogPrint(BCLog::LogFlags::VOTE, "INFO: %s: cs_tx_val_commit_to_disk locked", __func__);
 
             if (!m_txdb.ReadDiskTx(txid, tx)) {
                 LogPrintf("WARN: %s: failed to read vote tx.", __func__);
             }
+
+            LogPrint(BCLog::LogFlags::VOTE, "INFO: %s: cs_tx_val_commit_to_disk unlocked", __func__);
         }
 
 
diff --git a/src/qt/voting/polltablemodel.cpp b/src/qt/voting/polltablemodel.cpp
index e169ae8dbb..8f4a467c8e 100644
--- a/src/qt/voting/polltablemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/voting/polltablemodel.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include "qt/voting/polltablemodel.h"
 #include "qt/voting/votingmodel.h"
 #include "logging.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "util/threadnames.h"
 
 #include <QtConcurrentRun>
 #include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
@@ -260,13 +262,21 @@ void PollTableModel::refresh()
                  __func__);
 
         return;
+    } else {
+        LogPrint(BCLog::LogFlags::VOTE, "INFO: %s: m_refresh_mutex trylock succeeded.",
+                 __func__);
     }
 
     QtConcurrent::run([this]() {
+        RenameThread("PollTableModel_refresh");
+        util::ThreadSetInternalName("PollTableModel_refresh");
+
         static_cast<PollTableDataModel*>(m_data_model.get())
             ->reload(m_voting_model->buildPollTable(m_filter_flags));
 
         m_refresh_mutex.unlock();
+        LogPrint(BCLog::LogFlags::VOTE, "INFO: %s: m_refresh_mutex lock released.",
+                 __func__);
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index e397f59962..98830e5b36 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -1648,6 +1648,7 @@ bool ConnectBlock(CBlock& block, CTxDB& txdb, CBlockIndex* pindex, bool fJustChe
         // to take this lock to ensure that the write to leveldb and the access of the transaction data by the signal handlers is
         // appropriately serialized.
         LOCK(cs_tx_val_commit_to_disk);
+        LogPrint(BCLog::LogFlags::VOTE, "INFO: %s: cs_tx_val_commit_to_disk locked", __func__);
 
         if (IsResearchAgeEnabled(pindex->nHeight)
             && !GridcoinConnectBlock(block, pindex, txdb, stake_value_in, nStakeReward, nFees))
@@ -1674,6 +1675,8 @@ bool ConnectBlock(CBlock& block, CTxDB& txdb, CBlockIndex* pindex, bool fJustChe
             if (!txdb.UpdateTxIndex(hash, index))
                 return error("%s: UpdateTxIndex failed", __func__);
         }
+
+        LogPrint(BCLog::LogFlags::VOTE, "INFO: %s: cs_tx_val_commit_to_disk unlocked", __func__);
     }
 
     // Update block index on disk without changing it in memory.