Voting machines have provided a number of benefits to the election process. For example, direct-recording electronic machines can be equipped with audio or tactile devices that allow disabled citizens to cast ballots independently. In addition, they also help conduct elections in a more efficient and cost-effective manner, such as reducing the costs associated with printing ballots and hiring extra polling staff. At the end of a long election day, a voting machine can spit out election tallies much quicker and more accurately than overworked and tired polling station staff, especially when they are counting complex ballots by hand.