A key responsibility of the EMB is dealing with the financing and cost aspects of electoral processes. Costs affect every part of the EMB’s work. Proper budgets need to be prepared and the authority responsible for meeting the costs advised of the likely outcome. The electoral law will lay down to a substantial degree the processes to be followed in terms of the way the electoral activity is conducted. The EMB, of course, should still ensure that all work is carried out in the most cost effective manner in accordance with the law. Elections, voter registration, and the other aspects of elections are a worldwide activity. There is plenty of scope for comparing cost and seeking out the most effective use of resources. To look critically at each stage of the electoral process and assess the EMB spending could be a very effective cost saving method. Can any of the EMB activities be outsourced - for example, the delivery of equipment to polling sites or the input of data into an automated system - in ways that would save money in the long term? An EMB is responsible to ensure the tasks are carried out on a cost effective and professional manner - not necessarily carry out every task from its own resources.