office, the State shall permit an incarcerated individual to use either the individual’s last known address or the address of the carceral setting to register to vote in elections for the same Federal office. (5) Exception Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring an incarcerated individual to register to vote if the individual’s address under paragraph (4)(A) is located in a jurisdiction that does not require voter registration as a prerequisite to voting in an election for Federal office. (c) Absentee voting (1) In general An individual who is incarcerated in a carceral setting and who is registered to vote in an election for Federal office shall have the right to vote in the election by mail by absentee ballot. (2) Absentee ballot applications (A) Provision of applications If an individual who is incarcerated in a carceral setting is registered to vote in an election for Federal office, the head of the carceral setting shall provide the individual with an application to vote by absentee ballot in the election upon request. (B) Transmission of applications Not later than 2 days after an incarcerated individual provides an employee of the carceral setting with a completed application to vote by absentee ballot, the head of the carceral setting shall mail or otherwise transmit the application to the chief State election official of the State in which the individual is registered to vote in the election. (C) Acceptance of applications (i) Deadline A State may not refuse to accept or process an application to vote by absentee ballot submitted on behalf of an individual under this subsection with respect to an election for Federal office in the State on the grounds that the individual did not meet a deadline for returning the application to the appropriate State or local election official if the form is postmarked or otherwise indicated by the United States Postal Service to have been mailed within 2 days of the deadline for the receipt of the application under State law. (ii) Requiring acceptance in