+ // Send an AppendEntries so node1 has a leaderId
+
+ MessageCollectorActor.clearMessages(node1Collector);
+
+ long term = node1RaftActor.getRaftActorContext().getTermInformation().getCurrentTerm();
+ node1RaftActorRef.tell(new AppendEntries(term, "downNode1", -1L, -1L,
+ Collections.<ReplicatedLogEntry>emptyList(), 0, -1, (short)1), ActorRef.noSender());
+
+ // Wait for the ElectionTimeout to clear the leaderId. he leaderId must be null so on the
+ // ChangeServersVotingStatus message, it will try to elect a leader.
+
+ MessageCollectorActor.expectFirstMatching(node1Collector, ElectionTimeout.class);
+