It was a busy night for poll workers in Long Beach on Tuesday, but with a “significant” number of mail-in ballots still out, it’s not clear whether the city will see a record voter turnout for November.

But anecdotally, the turnout was huge, said Long Beach City Clerk Monique DeLaGarza, whose office served as a drop-off location for mail-in ballots.

“It was incredible for us,” she said. “I’ve never encountered an election where people were coming in after hours to drop off mail and we had a full bin on election day. Clearly, a lot of people were voting.”

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan on Wednesday said the volume of mail-in ballots remaining to be processed is “significant,” with the next election result update for Los Angeles County expected Friday afternoon. Updates will continue twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays through the post-election canvass period, with certification expected on Nov. 30.

For Long Beach’s Special Municipal Election, Measure BBB has so far pulled in the highest total number of votes at 84,926. But that doesn’t include mail-in ballots still being counted.

As of Oct. 11, there were 256,420 registered voters in Long Beach.

By comparison, Long Beach’s Special Municipal Election in 2016 saw a total of 169,191 ballots cast for two marijuana measures.

DeLaGarza said that high turnout was typical for a controversial issue on the ballot, like marijuana.

But even without all the mail-in ballots, this election so far is showing high turnout.

“Even without something controversial, it was a very big turnout for us,” she said.

As of Tuesday afternoon, DeLaGarza said she logged 41,180 mail-in ballots, which is already higher than the total 36,197 mail-ins cast for the city’s general election in June, she said.

For poll workers in some of Long Beach’s inner-city neighborhoods, the results looked promising.

In the Washington neighborhood, which has historically seen low turnout, poll worker Nasseif Garras said he saw record numbers.

“We had a lot of first-time voters,” he said.

City News Service contributed to the report.