; and (B) accept and process, with respect to any general, special, primary, or runoff election for Federal office, any otherwise valid voter registration application from an absent District of Columbia voter, if the application is received by the appropriate State election official not less than 30 days before the election. (2) Absent District of Columbia voter defined In this section, the term absent District of Columbia voter means, with respect to a State, a person who resides in the District of Columbia after the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union and is qualified to vote in the State (or who would be qualified to vote in the State but for residing in the District of Columbia), but only if the State is the last place in which the person was domiciled before residing in the District of Columbia. (3) State defined In this section, the term State means each of the several States, including the State of Washington, D.C. (b) Recommendations to States To maximize access to polls by absent District of Columbia voters To afford maximum access to the polls by absent District of Columbia voters, it is the sense of Congress that the States should— (1) waive registration requirements for absent District of Columbia voters who, by reason of residence in the District of Columbia, do not have an opportunity to register; (2) expedite processing of balloting materials with respect to such individuals