Do you know your election history in Illinois?

Are you ready for Tuesday's primary? Got your voter registration card, your candidates picked and your polling place located?

When you vote, you'll be part of the lengthy history of voting in the United States and Illinois. Test your smarts with our quiz.

Besides being registered, what three requirements must you meet to vote in Illinois?

You must be a citizen of the U.S., live in your county and voting precinct for 30 days, and be at least 18 years old.

Has the voting age in Illinois always been 18?

No. The voting age across the United States was 21 until 1971, when the 26th Amendment was ratified. Lawmakers had been pushing for the change since the age Americans were eligible for the draft was changed to 18 in 1942. President Nixon signed the Voting Rights Act into law in 1970, but the Supreme Court held that the act applied only to federal elections. Rather than have states pass their own laws or have different voting ages in elections, Congress proposed and ratified a constitutional amendment in roughly two months - the fastest ratification of an amendment in U.S. history.

When did women get the right to vote in Illinois?

Not until 1891, when they received the right to vote only in school elections. In 1818, when Illinois joined the Union, its constitution gave the right to vote only to "white, male inhabitants above the age of twenty-one years." Suffragists fought for rights and won many other battles along the way. Between 1860 and 1890, women earned the right to control their own pay, gain custody of children after a divorce, control their property, inherit their deceased husbands' estates and get a job of their own choosing. Illinois did become the first state to approve the Susan B. Anthony amendment on June 10, 1919, which stated, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."

Who was Frances Elizabeth Willard?

Frances Elizabeth Willard was a member of the Illinois Woman Suffrage Association that traveled to Springfield in 1870 to petition the Illinois Constitutional Convention to allow women to vote. "The idea that boys of 21 are fit to make laws for their mothers, is an insult to everyone," she said. Unfortunately, she failed, and the convention allowed voting for all adult males. Willard, who lived in Evanston, also became a leader in the temperance movement. She was the first woman to have her statue at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Who was Ellen Martin?

One of the first women in Illinois to vote. Martin found a loophole in Lombard's laws, which stated "all citizens" older than 21 can vote in city elections. Martin took her law book and 14 other women to her polling place and demanded to vote. After much commotion and debate, the judges ruled in her favor and Illinois' first 15 votes from women were counted on April 6, 1891, but the victory was short-lived. Lombard leaders quickly clarified the town's charter to prohibit women from voting in nonschool elections.

The polls are mandated to be open from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Election Day. What happens if you're in line to vote but don't make it to the booth by 7?

Election judges must lock the doors at 7, but everyone already in line is allowed to vote.

In 1908, what candidate did Illinois support for U.S. president?

William Taft received 629,932 to William Jennings Bryan's 450,810. Eugene Debs received 34,711 and Eugene Chafin 29,364.

On Election Day, politicking is restricted within how many feet of a polling place?

100 feet.

How many representatives are there in the Illinois House?

118.

What was the focus of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas debated seven times on the issue of slavery while running for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate in 1858. Douglas won the Senate seat, but the debates were a preview of the slavery questions Lincoln would face running for president.

Michael J. Madigan is the current speaker of the Illinois House. Who was the first?

John Mesinger in 1818. Mesinger ran on an anti-slavery platform and lost the election in 1826.

What are the regulations for voting on paper ballots in Illinois?

They must all be the same paper size, quality, color and inking; must be printed at the public's expense; all candidates for the same office must be on the same ballot; official ballots must be distributed on Election Day; there must be secrecy; and only official ballots are counted.