individual declares that such individual is a registered voter in the jurisdiction in which the individual desires to vote and that the individual is eligible to vote in an election for Federal office, but the name of the individual does not appear on the official list of eligible voters for the election or an election official asserts that the individual is not eligible to vote, such individual shall be permitted to cast a provisional absentee ballot in the election, notwithstanding the failure of the individual to request an absentee ballot prior to the deadline for submitting a request for the ballot under the law of the State in which the individual seeks to vote. (ii) Process Section 302(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21082(a) ) shall apply with respect to a provisional absentee ballot cast by an incarcerated individual under this subsection in the same manner as such section applies to a provisional ballot cast by a voter. (C) Pre-paid postage Consistent with regulations of the United States Postal Service, the State or the unit of local government responsible for the administration of the election for Federal office involved shall prepay the postage on any envelope provided to an incarcerated individual under this Act. (D) Transmission of ballots The head of a carceral setting shall mail or otherwise transmit a ballot on behalf of an incarcerated individual under this subsection to the appropriate election official on the same day on which an incarcerated individual submits the ballot to an employee of the carceral setting, or, if the individual submits the ballot to an employee of the carceral setting after business hours, not later than 24 hours after the individual submits the ballot to the employee. (E) Acceptance of ballots A State may not refuse to accept or process an absentee ballot submitted on behalf of an individual under this subsection with respect to an election for Federal office in the State— (i) on the grounds that the individual did not meet a deadline for returning