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Integrated or Distributed Electoral Budgets

An electoral budget may be a single integrated item in the national budget, or may consist of many components which are spread across the budgets of various government agencies. National, regional, and local governments’ budgets may each provide funds to the EMB. In the unitary state of Indonesia, the national budget totally funds the EMB to conduct presidential elections and national and regional legislative elections. However, regional and local authorities provide most of the funding for elections for provincial governors and local mayors. Such arrangements are more common in federal states. Funding for the EMB in Bosnia and Herzegovina is provided by all four levels of government: their respective shares vary according to the type of elections held. In India and Mexico, the national government funds the EMB to conduct national elections, but regional governments contribute funds when their elections coincide with national ones. In the UK, the budget for elections is funded by local authorities, with some costs being reimbursed by central government according to fixed scales.

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