Reimplement election (of the primary master)
The election is not a separate process anymore. It happens during the RECOVERING phase, and there's no use of timeouts anymore. Each master node keeps a timestamp of when it started to play the primary role, and the node with the smallest timestamp is elected. The election stops when the cluster is started: as long as it is operational, the primary master can't be deposed. An election must happen whenever the cluster is not operational anymore, to handle the case of a network cut between a primary master and all other nodes: then another master node (secondary) takes over and when the initial primary master is back, it loses against the new primary master if the cluster is already started.
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