; or (B) to permit an official to make public any results of tabulation and processing before the closing of the polls on the date of the election. (h) Prohibiting restrictions on distribution of absentee ballot applications by third parties A State may not prohibit any person from providing an application for an absentee ballot in the election to any individual who is eligible to vote in the election. (i) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the authority of States to conduct elections for Federal office through the use of polling places at which individuals cast ballots. (j) No effect on ballots submitted by absent military and overseas voters Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the treatment of any ballot submitted by an individual who is entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq. ). (k) Effective date This section shall apply with respect to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2024 and each succeeding election for Federal office. . (2) Clerical amendments The table of contents of such Act, as amended by section 1031(c), section 1044(b), section 1101(c), section 1102(c), section 1103(a), section 1104(c), and section 1201(c), is amended— (A) by redesignating the items relating to sections 311 and 312 as relating to sections 312 and 313, respectively