Trump expected to vote Tuesday at Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach

Former President Donald Trump is expected to vote Tuesday in Palm Beach, casting a ballot for himself as the Republican nominee for the White House.

In anticipation of his return to Palm Beach after a busy late-campaign schedule that included stops in Wisconsin and North Carolina, the road next to Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club will close Monday, Palm Beach said in an alert.

Trump is expected to come home ahead of Election Day, when The Associated Press reported he will vote at his home precinct, No. 5604, for which the voting site is the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center at 340 Seaview Ave.

South Ocean Boulevard from the Southern Boulevard traffic circle north to South County Road will shut down beginning Monday, and the road will be closed until further notice, Palm Beach said.

The road typically closes in the morning hours, though officials did not share a specific time.

The road reopened on Halloween afternoon after Trump left Mar-a-Lago. His departure also came in advance of Mar-a-Lago's annual Halloween party.

Town officials said in a Recreation Department email Friday that parking will be limited Monday at the municipal parking lot on the north side of Royal Palm Way near Seaview Park next to the Recreation Center, and that the parking lot will be completely closed on Tuesday until mid-afternoon.

The town said residents and visitors should find other places to park during those times.

There also may be additional road closures associated with Trump's voting, as he and his motorcade move from his Mar-a-Lago Club on South Ocean Boulevard north to the Recreation Center and back.

South Ocean Boulevard next to Mar-a-Lago reopened for the first time Aug. 22 after the U.S. Secret Service ordered it to close effective July 20 as part of increased security measures after the July 13 assassination attempt on Trump.

Officials initially said the road would be closed 24 hours a day through at least the Nov. 5 election, but the town, Secret Service and Mar-a-Lago Club on Aug. 19 announced they had reached an agreement to open the road when Trump is not home.

That agreement remains in place, and the road will close when Trump is at Mar-a-Lago, with the closure lifting when he leaves for a long enough period of time that it makes logistical sense to remove and replace the concrete barricades, traffic cones and electronic signs that go along with the closure, law enforcement sources have told the Daily News.

It's unclear how the Secret Service will proceed with the road closure following Election Day. Town officials have declined to comment, saying any discussion is premature.

Former First Lady Melania Trump has accompanied Trump to the Recreation Center to vote in the past. It's unclear whether she will join him Tuesday, or if she voted by mail from New York City, where she has spent most of her time since the couple's son Barron began courses in September for his first year at New York University's Stern School of Business.

Since declaring Palm Beach as his permanent residence in late 2019, Trump has voted at several sites in Palm Beach County, and his ballots in primaries, municipal and state elections, and the general election have been cast early, by mail and on Election Day.

In recent weeks, Trump encouraged his supporters to vote early.

While he did not vote early in the general election, Trump has voted early in the past, including at the Palm Beach County Library's System main library and at the Supervisor of Elections office, both in West Palm Beach.

In 2020, amid precautions for the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump voted early in the presidential election, casting his ballot on Oct. 24 at the main library. Trump was accompanied at the library by Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Link.

In casting that ballot, Trump became the first incumbent president to vote in person as a Florida resident. That year, Melania Trump voted on Election Day at Palm Beach's Recreation Center.

Trump voted by mail in the 2020 presidential primary, the August 2020 primary and Palm Beach's 2021 municipal election. The Trumps voted together on Nov. 8, 2022, at the Recreation Center.

Officials eye safety concerns on Election Day and after

As security officials around the country prepare for Election Day, Palm Beach is eyeing potential traffic and safety issues associated with the movement of a former president-turned-presidential candidate.

The Palm Beach Police Department is keeping a close eye on security around Election Day, working with partner law enforcement agencies "and will make appropriate intelligence-based preparatory actions if necessary," police spokesman Capt. Will Rothrock said.

The Police Department hopes Election Day in Palm Beach and throughout the country will be a safe experience for voters exercising their rights, he said. "At this time, we have no reason to believe it will be anything other than safe and smooth, but the community should know that we are always monitoring for issues or concerns and prepared to take action if needed," he said.

Law enforcement agencies around the country are following suit, preparing for the possibility of unrest Nov. 5 and the days after, Axios reported.

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputies will provide additional patrols around polling locations and respond to calls for service around Election Day, sheriff's spokeswoman Teri Barbera said.

Bridge opening schedules to change with Trump's return

When Trump returns, bridge schedules will be adjusted as part of temporary security zones around Mar-a-Lago that were announced in September by the U.S. Coast Guard.

When Trump is home, the Flagler Memorial and Southern Boulevard bridges have similar opening schedules:

• Monday through Friday: From 7:30 to 9 a.m., the bridge will open on the quarter-hour; from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., the bridge will open on the quarter and three-quarter hour; from 2:15 to 6 p.m., the bridge will open on the quarter-hour; and from 6 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., the bridge will open on the quarter and three-quarter hour.
• Saturday, Sunday and federal holidays: The bridge will open on the quarter- and three-quarter hour.

The Southern Boulevard Bridge also may close without notice to allow for motorcades to pass uninterrupted, the Coast Guard said. Because the bridge-opening times are staggered, the Royal Park Bridge's schedule when Trump is in town is different from the schedule for the other two bridges:

• Monday through Friday: From 7:30 to 9 a.m., the bridge will open on the half-hour; from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., the bridge will open on the hour and half-hour; from 2:15 to 6 p.m., the bridge will open on the half-hour; and from 6 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., the bridge will open on the hour and half-hour.
• Saturday, Sunday and federal holidays: The bridge will open on the hour and half-hour.

Kristina Webb is a reporter for Palm Beach Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach her at kwebb@pbdailynews.com. Subscribe today to support our journalism.