# How can I convince the state of Virginia that I haven't lived there in 11 years?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 22, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-the-state-of-virginia-that-i-havent-lived-there-in-11-years/693783 "2014-07-22T22:42:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-the-state-of-virginia-that-i-havent-lived-there-in-11-years/693783/21 "2014-07-23T21:42:27Z")

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California does more or less the same thing. :mad:

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**Author:** ![Arabella\_Flynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@Arabella\_Flynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arabella_Flynn)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-convince-the-state-of-virginia-that-i-havent-lived-there-in-11-years/693783/22 "2014-07-26T02:23:05Z")

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I recently got a voter registration card from a county where I last lived before the turn of the century.

I never once voted there. I moved to a different county in the same state for college when I was two weeks shy of 18.

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