Mr. Kingsley, my question is on transfer certificates and accessibility. From what I have been told, a person must go to a polling station 48 hours ahead of time ot ask for a transfer certificate. In your report, you recommend that the transfer be done the very same day. I would like to know who authorizes the transfer. Each polling station?
Take, for example, somebody who shows up at a church where a polling station is set up. The station is located in the church basement and there is no elevator. If the person is in a wheelchair, he or she cannot go downstairs. The person is not expecting somebody to take him or her in their arms and carry them downstairs. The person, therefore, can ask for a transfer to a different polling station. Who do you recommend do the transfer and what should be the time limit?
If the station closes at 8 p.m., and if the person arrives at 7:50 p.m. asking for a transfer, the person will not have enough time to go to a different station even if one is issued.
I would like some clarifications on those points.