; 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. (g) 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. . (b) Conforming amendments relating to issuance of voluntary guidance by Election Assistance Commission Section 321(b) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21101(b) ), as redesignated and amended by section 1101(b), is amended— (1) by striking and at the end of paragraph (3); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) except as provided in paragraph (4), in the case of the recommendations with respect to any section added by the Freedom to Vote Act , June 30, 2024. . (c) 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), and section 1104(c), is amended— (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 310 and 311 as relating to sections 311 and 312, respectively; and (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 309 the following new item: Sec. 310. Early voting. . D Voting by Mail 1301. Voting by mail (a) In general (1) 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 1031(a), section 1044(a), section 1101(a), section 1102(a), section 1103(a), section 1104(a), and section 1201(a), is amended— (A) by redesignating sections 311 and 312 as sections 312 and 313, respectively