; or (2) an allegation that an election official of a State or local government has engaged or has attempted to engage in voter suppression activity. N Election Day as Legal Public Holiday 8941. Treatment of Election Day in same manner as legal public holiday for purposes of Federal employment (a) In General For purposes of any law relating to Federal employment, the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in 2020 and each even-numbered year thereafter shall be treated in the same manner as a legal public holiday described in section 6103 of title 5, United States Code. (b) Sense of Congress regarding treatment of day by private employers It is the sense of Congress that private employers in the United States should give their employees a day off on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in 2020 and each even-numbered year thereafter to enable the employees to cast votes in the elections held on that day. (c) No Effect on Early or Absentee Voting Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the authority of States to permit individuals to cast ballots in elections for Federal office prior to the date of the election (including the casting of ballots by mail) or to cast absentee ballots in the election. O Other Election Administration Improvements 8951. Requirements for availability of sufficient polling places, equipment, and resources (a) Requiring States To meet requirements Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.), as amended by section 8121(a), section 8201(a), and section 8801(a), is amended— (1) by redesignating sections 308 and 309 as sections 309 and 310