GhanaElection 2008 highest with 5,945 applications as a result of the large number of student concentration in the metropolis. In the Volta Region a total of 16,173 applications were received. Transfer applications for the 2008 elections faced a lot of challenges: · In Cape Coast, there were clashes between supporters of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) and students of the University of Cape Coast. · Some applicants' transfers had not come through, even though they showed evidence of transfer. This came about because the list of applicants submitted to the IT Department for the printing of the transfer registers fell short of the numbers presented by the regions. · Most districts and constituencies received the computerized transfer voters lists very late thus making it impossible for the list to be properly scrutinized before the Election Day. · In some constituencies, some party/candidate agents physically prevented those who did not have their names on the transfer voters register but had their names on the manual lists prepared at the district levels from voting. Special Voters Special voting was held throughout the country on 2 nd December, 2008 while the Run-off Special Voting took place on the 23 rd December 2008. Those who participated were security officers, election officials and other persons who were on election duty outside their constituencies on the day of the poll. In line with regulation, special voting was permitted on application which was filed with the Returning Officer not later than seven(7) days before the polling day. The votes cast in the special voting are not counted immediately but are kept in the ballot boxes and placed safely in the custody of the police. These ballots are counted at the close of the poll at the constituency centre and the votes added to results from the various polling stations before the Returning Officer declares the overall results of the constituency. Absent Voters Persons who have applied for the transfer of their votes, election officials and security officials who by the nature of their work need to vote during the special voting and not at polling stations where they are registered are classified as absent voters. 39