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OneVote is a place where educators and community partners can locate and exchange information on how to target and leverage the High School graduation ceremony as an entry for recognizing the importance of registering, voting and connecting.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Steps

START TALKING

Begin a conversation with high school seniors on why we should vote. Discuss the history behind voting rights.

  • When did blacks get the right to vote?
  • When did women?

REGISTER HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

Contact* your local Boards of Education and you Secretary of State about details of registering high school students.

* There is NO legal prohibition regarding registering high school students on public school grounds, after obratining permission from the principal and the local school board (as long as the initiative is nonpartisan).

LEVERAGING THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONY

Principals, school board members and students figure out how to use the high school graduation ceremony to acknowledge seniors who have registered. School can decide on the details:
  • Have all students who registered stand
  • Look at current language of diploma
  • Consider issuing a Citizen Diploma along with academic diploma
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