FOLEY, Ala. — Polling places nationwide will see beefed-up security for Tuesday’s general election, and Foley will be one of eight county precincts that will have a Baldwin County deputy on-site for the historical presidential election.

Baldwin County Sheriff Huey “Hoss” Mack plans to have a deputy standing by at the county’s eight largest precincts.

“In addition, we have asked for those precincts’ local police departments to assist us as well with increased patrols,” Mack said, noting the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office will focus on providing security within the polling sites.

Foley’s precinct will also share something else in common with thousands of other voting sites across the land, namely, the expectation of a huge voter turnout for an election that could see the first person of color elected to the nation’s highest office or a woman elected vice president.

“We’re planning to treat it as normal, but we do expect a heavy turnout,” Bob Graham, Foley voting site inspector, said this week.

One thing of note in Foley, however, is that the city will have a split polling place, one of a dozen or more locations in the county that will, according to Fred Burkle, longtime poll worker.

A split precinct is one that has overlapping legislative, school board and county commission boundaries, and thus requires multiple ballot styles.

Fourteen county precincts are split. In Foley’s case, that requires two ballot styles, which most split county precincts have. Only Fairhope Civic Center and Daphne Civic Center precincts require three ballot styles.

According to Burkle, 14 poll workers will work the City Hall polling site. “The same crew we’ve always had,” is the way he put it this week.

One problem that might need to be addressed is the one that plagued the municipal election back in August, namely, parking at City Hall. Anything to do with traffic or parking at a polling site within a municipality would be dealt with by the given city, Mack said.