One the the easiest and most impactful ways that you can spark action in your community, city or country is to vote. This Tuesday, you’ll have the opportunity to make your voice be heard in what is widely considered the most important election in a generation. But before you head to your polling place, you’ll want to make sure you’re up to speed on the wide variety of candidates and issues on the ticket. Regardless of who you’re voting for this year, here are five simple resources to help you make the most informed choices while you participate in the democratic process.

BallotReady: BallotReady is perhaps the best-known and most comprehensive resource on this list. It breaks down every candidate and every referendum in every single election across the country (That’s right. Every. Single. One.). It’s a nonpartisan organization that aggregates information from candidates’ websites, social media accounts, endorsers and more to provide an incredibly in-depth and accurate resource for voters.

GovTrack.us: Curious as to how your congressperson or senator voted on the issues that are most important to you? Rather than sifting through endless streams of documents, you can use GovTrack.us to see exactly how the people representing you in Congress have voted. The platform goes beyond aggregating voting records, though. It also provides statistical analysis, bill summaries and categorizations to make your decision simple and informed.

Vote Smart: Vote Smart has many of the same resources as GovTrack.us, but goes a bit deeper in some regards. A great trait of their platform is its speech collection database. You can search politicians speeches from across the country for any keyword and discover what candidates on your ticket have said about the issues that affect you the most.

HeadCount: It’s very difficult to vote if you do not know where to go. HeadCount is one of many resources that breaks down polling places nationwide. The platform also tells you whether or not you are registered and how to do so, and will give you a sample version of your local ballot so you can study up in advance.

Judge4Yourself.com: While elections for the president, Congress and other local representatives get a great deal of coverage during election season, it can be very confusing when you reach the section of your ballot to vote on local judges. Rather than guessing or simply leaving those boxes blank, Judge4Yourself provides an independent and nonpartisan database that rates judges. It’s headed up by dozens of experience lawyers who interview the candidates and review their answers to a questionnaire to provide an unbiased and comprehensive report of judges on the ticket.