Registration before graduation
Principal Van Phillips is the law at Minor High School [in Birmingham, Alabama]. And the law says graduating seniors must be registered to vote.
Phillips recently held the last of four school-year registration drives to get seniors at the Jefferson County system school on the rolls before the Thursday graduation ceremony.
Although many high school principals promote voter registration, Phillips said, he goes "out on a limb" in making it a condition for getting a diploma. -- Minor principal makes registering to vote the law for his seniors (Birmingham News)