diff --git a/simulations/Cargo.toml b/simulations/Cargo.toml
index 0012d7da..ffe19436 100644
--- a/simulations/Cargo.toml
+++ b/simulations/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ arc-swap = "1.6"
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 crc32fast = "1.3"
 crossbeam = { version = "0.8.2", features = ["crossbeam-channel"] }
+consensus-engine = { path = "../consensus-engine" }
 fixed-slice-deque = "0.1.0-beta2"
 futures = "0.3"
 nomos-core = { path = "../nomos-core" }
diff --git a/simulations/src/node/carnot/event_builder.rs b/simulations/src/node/carnot/event_builder.rs
index f41a04c8..7c60b9d2 100644
--- a/simulations/src/node/carnot/event_builder.rs
+++ b/simulations/src/node/carnot/event_builder.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::node::carnot::messages::CarnotMessage;
+use consensus_engine::View;
 use nomos_consensus::network::messages::{NewViewMsg, TimeoutMsg, VoteMsg};
 use nomos_consensus::Event::TimeoutQc;
 use nomos_consensus::{Event, NodeId};
@@ -17,9 +18,9 @@ pub struct EventBuilderSettings {
 
 pub struct EventBuilder {
     blocks: HashMap<BlockId, Block<CarnotTx>>,
-    vote_message: HashMap<View, Vec<VoteMsg>>,
-    timeout_message: HashMap<View, Vec<TimeoutMsg>>,
-    new_view_message: HashMap<View, Vec<NewViewMsg>>,
+    vote_message: Tally<VoteMsg>,
+    timeout_message: Tally<TimeoutMsg>,
+    new_view_message: Tally<NewViewMsg>,
     config: EventBuilderSettings,
 }
 
@@ -53,56 +54,30 @@ impl EventBuilder {
                     let msg_view = msg.vote.view;
                     let block_id = msg.vote.block;
                     let qc = msg.qc.clone().expect("empty QC from vote message")?;
-                    let entries = self
-                        .vote_message
-                        .entry(msg_view)
-                        .and_modify(|entry| entry.push(msg))
-                        .or_default()
-                        .len();
-
-                    if entries >= self.config.votes_threshold {
-                        let entry = self.vote_message.remove(&msg_view).unwrap();
+                    if let Some(votes) = self.vote_message.tally(msg_view, msg) {
                         events.push(Event::Approve {
                             qc,
                             block: self
                                 .blocks
                                 .get(&block_id)
                                 .expect(format!("cannot find block id {:?}", block_id).as_str())?,
-                            votes: entry.into_iter().collect(),
+                            votes: votes.into_iter().collect(),
                         })
                     }
                 }
                 CarnotMessage::Timeout(msg) => {
                     let msg_view = msg.vote.view;
-                    let entires = self
-                        .timeout_message
-                        .entry(msg.vote.view)
-                        .and_modify(|entry| entry.push(msg))
-                        .or_default()
-                        .len();
-
-                    if entires >= self.config.timeout_threshold {
-                        let entry = self.timeout_message.remove(&msg_view).unwrap();
-                        events.push(Event::RootTimeout {
-                            timeouts: entry.into_iter().map(|msg| msg.vote).collect(),
-                        })
+                    if let Some(timeouts) = self.timeout_message.tally(msg_view, msg) {
+                        events.push(Event::RootTimeout { timeouts })
                     }
                 }
                 CarnotMessage::NewView(msg) => {
                     let msg_view = msg.vote.view;
                     let timeout_qc = msg.vote.timeout_qc.clone();
-                    let entries = self
-                        .new_view_message
-                        .entry(msg.view)
-                        .and_modify(|entry| entry.push(msg))
-                        .or_default()
-                        .len();
-
-                    if entries >= self.config.votes_threshold {
-                        let entry = self.new_view_message.remove(&msg_view).unwrap();
+                    if let Some(new_views) = self.new_view_message.tally(msg_view, msg) {
                         events.push(Event::NewView {
+                            new_views,
                             timeout_qc,
-                            new_views: entry.into_iter().map(|msg| msg.vote).collect(),
                         })
                     }
                 }
@@ -112,3 +87,38 @@ impl EventBuilder {
         events
     }
 }
+
+struct Tally<T> {
+    cache: HashMap<View, Vec<T>>,
+    threshold: usize,
+}
+
+impl<T> Default for Tally<T> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new(0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Tally<T> {
+    fn new(threshold: usize) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            cache: Default::default(),
+            threshold,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn tally(&mut self, view: View, message: T) -> Option<Vec<T>> {
+        let entries = self
+            .cache
+            .entry(view)
+            .and_modify(|entry| entry.push(message))
+            .or_default()
+            .len();
+
+        if entries >= self.threshold {
+            Some(self.cache.remove(&view).unwrap())
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}