Original sentence: As Minister of Tourism, Brown replaced the advertising agency handling Bermuda's tourism promotions and closed some overseas tourism department offices in Atlanta, Boston, and Toronto.The PLP remains committed to the goal of independence from Great Britain, although the electorate soundly defeated the idea in the last referendum on the question (in 1995) and recent polls show about two-thirds of the island's voters remain opposed to severing ties for various reasons, including loss of EU-status (which Bermuda currently has as a British overseas territory)
Edited sentence: As Minister of Tourism, Brown replaced the advertising agency handling Bermuda's tourism promotions and closed some overseas tourism department Sales and Marketing office located in New York City.The PLP remains committed to the goal of independence from Great Britain, although the electorate  defeated the idea in the last referendum on the question (in 1995) and recent polls show about two-thirds of the island's voters remain opposed to severing ties for various reasons, including loss of EU-status (which Bermuda currently has as a British overseas territory).We most note here that the PLP told their supporters not to vote in the referendum therefore the turn out was low and the result expected