Funding for many Independent Model EMBs, for example in Costa Rica, Ghana, and Namibia, is a separate line item in the national budget, released directly to the EMB by the Treasury. For others, the EMB budget is released through a government ministry, for example, the Ministry of Home Affairs in South Africa and the Ministry of Laws in India.

Budgets for Governmental Model EMBs are usually a part of the budget of the government ministry responsible for implementing electoral processes, as in Denmark and Singapore. A Mixed Model EMB’s budget may be channelled through a line ministry, such as the Ministry of the Interior in Spain. In Senegal, the monitoring component of the EMB is funded directly from the legislature, while electoral implementation by the Directorate of Elections in the Ministry of the Interior is funded through that ministry.