Hundreds of thousands of voter registrations in Oklahoma have been removed ahead of the presidential election.

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But Oklahoma voters will also have the chance to decide several other key contests, including a race to choose the next member of the influential Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which regulates utilities and oil and gas.

Hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans whose voter registration was deleted in recent years roughly reflect the overall layout of party affiliation in the state, though Democrats and independents were overrepresented among voters deleted for inactivity.

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Of voters removed, 46.6% were Republicans, 31.2% were Democrats, 21.4% were independents and 0.79% were Libertarians, according to an Oklahoma Voice analysis.

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Over the past three years, Oklahoma election officials removed 143,682 voters who moved out of state, 97,065 who died, 14,993 duplicate registrations and 5,607 people who were convicted of a felony, according to the governor’s office.