Polling places across D.C. were busy in the morning, and they’ll likely be very busy again as people leave work and take the chance to cast their ballots before closing time at 8 p.m. Generally speaking, you can expect to wait in line, though the wait times may vary. Turnout has been high across the city thus far, and will likely continue to be until polls close.

Is there any way to spare yourself a really long wait, though? (Other than being appointed to the Supreme Court, of course). Sure—use a paper ballot. The D.C. Board of Elections has deployed 165 electronic voting machines to the city’s 143 precincts; most precincts only got one, but a few of the precincts that showed high use during the 2008 election got two. According to reports coming in throughout the day, the wait for electronic voting has been longer than the wait for paper ballots, which are read by optical scanners.

Did the board have more electronic voting machines to spare? Sure—all in all, the board owns 283 of the machines, according to board spokeswoman Agnes Moss. But a good chunk of those were used for early voting, and they could not be reprogrammed for the general election.

So once you get to the polls, opt to go low-tech and vote on paper.