The rationale behind our recommendation is that the 48-hour advance notice to receive a transfer certificate discriminates against persons with disabilities. Anyone else wanting to obtain a transfer certificate, such as election workers or others, can receive one on the spot from the deputy returning officer, who is authorized to recognize someone as an election worker. However, when a disabled person arrives at another polling station and says that her original polling station is inaccessible to disabled persons, he or she is told that they should have asked for a transfer 48 hours before.
We are trying to eliminate this type of discrimination against the disabled in the legislation so that all those entitled to a transfer certificate are subject to the same conditions.